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.

Cane poles or telescoping fiberglass poles are the preferred equipment most West Alabama anglers use to catch crappie when summer arrives. Some try jigging poles that allow them to vary their depth ...

Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S.—and for good reason. They’re fun to catch for anglers of any skill level, put up a good fight, and can grow to impressive sizes. If you don’t ...

On a cold January morning, when the wind chill factor is below fishing, a good spot to warm up and talk about crappie jigs and submerged brush piles is the Southern Delight Restaurant in Boyd, ...

Fall hunting seasons are about to jump into full swing. Just don’t make the mistake of stashing that crappie fishing gear in a spot where you can’t get to it in pretty short order. You could miss out ...

Sometimes it's just not a good day to fish. That's a natural occurrence when you tournament fish. You don't have a choice if you want to compete. Here are a few tips and techniques that might just ...

For Midwest Finesse fishing enthusiasts, one name typically stands out among the most influential — Ned Kehde. The renowned outdoors writer and angler from Lawrence is the namesake of the Ned Rig, a ...

Unless you’ve had a rod ripped into the water while fishing off the bank or had something destroy your crappie rig, you may not know there’s a pretty cool — and big — fish swimming at Worster Lake.

Mississippi has without doubt some of the finest crappie fishing in the nation, but success can be elusive for anglers who aren't on the water regularly. To complicate matters more for the average ...