Officially, the first day of summer is still 18 days away, but the bass, crappie and bream in local waters have already moved into the patterns they’ll follow until fall arrives. “They’re catching big ...

In the summer as temperatures peak and the water column stabilizes, crappie are found scattered in the weeds. By fall, they start to migrate toward deeper water before developing a more steady pattern ...

Cathy Wheatley toed the trolling motor control on the bow of her bass boat, oozing the craft slowly over the slick, featureless surface of open water on sprawling Sam Rayburn Reservoir. An electronic ...

Sweat was already dripping from my forehead at sunrise. Crappie fishing during the peak of summer when the heat index is 105 degrees seems illogical. But it quickly begins to make sense when you boat ...

Sweat was already dripping from my forehead at sunrise. Crappie fishing during the peak of summer when the heat index is 105 degrees seems illogical. But it quickly begins to make sense when you boat ...

Crappies are a sophisticated fish, especially those slabs, and at times it can be rather confusing and frustrating for ice anglers to pinpoint slab patterns. Some lakes are abundant with slab crappies ...

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 ...

STEVE KNIGHT/STAFFGuide Daniel Cerretani boats a nice white crappie fishing on Lake Fork. The lake has both black and white crappie, and is one of the best fisheries around. LAKE FORK — We watched ...

Autumn fishing frustrates many Arkansas crappie anglers. During fall, these beloved panfish are often scattered and hard to find. Crappie may be deep one day, shallow the next and suspended at ...