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.

Indian Lake: It's saugeye time in the "Saugeye Capital of Ohio." Some of the hot places have been Moundwood, Dream Bridge, Oldfield and the Lakeview harbor and humps. Use floating jig heads, Vib-Es, ...

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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 ...

Catching crappies isn't hard in the spring, when fish spend a lot of time in shallow water to feed and to spawn. Simply rig a small jig or minnow under a float and you're likely to put a limit in the ...

Right now is arguably the best time to catch hefty crappies throughout much of North Florida, as the fish are either gearing up for spawning or are actively bedding in shallows. The trouble with ...

WINDSOR | Mandarin’s Al Green looked at his boat’s sophisticated depth finder-plotter, and the GPS coordinates showed this mid-lake place was the spot to start our day of fishing. He turned on his bow ...

OK, I know, it’s hunting season. Archery, blackpowder, small game … it’s all good. However, October, November and even well into December can offer up some of the very best panfishing of the year as ...