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 ...

Crappies are moving to shallow spawning areas in dozens of Ohio lakes, with Pymatuning, Mosquito and Berlin reservoirs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author with a spring slab. The popularity of crappies varies by region, and it’s fair to say they’re the biggest deal in the ...

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 ...

Almost every veteran crappie catcher can recount times when he was catching fish just as fast as he could toss out a yellow jig, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, the fishing went bust. Different ...

The submerged brush pile sat in 12 feet of water, some of its branches extending to within 3 feet of the surface. It’s been ...

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I've learned to expect the unexpected whenever I indulge in some light line, tiny lure, crappie fishing. This past week I got zapped twice using a 1-inch crappie tube rigged on a 1/32-ounce tube jig.

Fish don't seem to mind when the weather is just a notch above freezing, with a stiff wind and drizzle that's set in for the day. Black crappie and white crappie inhabit Beaver Lake, said Jon Stein, ...