Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

Crappie Fishing Gear Before we break down crappie patterns and presentations per season, let’s first focus on the crappie fishing gear you need. In most situations, crappie gear can be defined by one ...

Angela Perea at Lake Fayetteville Marina recommends using top-water lures for black bass at dawn and dusk. Bluegill fishing ...

Anglers who've been fishing most of their lives sometimes learn a lesson. Mike McBride hadn't made more than four casts when a crappie the size of a dinner plate nailed his small jig. His first fish ...

EDDY CREEK, Ky. — Fishing always will have an inherent element of luck. Are the fish biting when you can actually go? Are the weather and water just right? Are the fish zigging when you're zagging?

Eastern Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation reports largemouth bass fishing is fair at Grand Lake with Alabama rigs, crank baits or spinner baits around brush and docks. Catfish ...

Want to land some bragging size crappie? Maybe even break the current IGFA all-tackle record? You'd be wise to fish the lakes rated by Fishhound.com as the best in the country for oversized slabs.

Here is the latest Fishing Report as provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife for Oct. 18.

Eagle Lake and Lake Washington are two of the best crappie fisheries to be found, and right now they are hot. "The fish are just starting to stage up getting ready for the spawn," said Brad Chappell ...

Fishing's good offshore, inshore and inland. Call it Southwest Florida's Octoberfish celebration. The best red grouper fishing of the year was reported this week. Unfortunately, the season closed in ...