In my part of the country, the crappie spawn is an event anticipated with barely controlled expectation. The springtime ...

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

Although fishing the spring spawn is a practice associated first with crappie in many minds, largemouth bass concentrate a key part of their reproductive year in that season as well. This offers ...

Every spring, anglers pursuing crappie during April’s spawn flock to large reservoirs such as Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley, Barren River Lake or even Green River Lake. However, crappie fishing in the ...

MUNITH — It is the consensus of my crowd that the crappie spawn was 10 days to two weeks behind this spring. Often beginning in April, there was no sign of the sac-au-laits moving shallow until many ...

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 ...

If there has ever been a perfect time to grab a fishing rod and head outside, this is it. Despite the crazy weather swings ...

Most panfish junkies will agree that crappie are only where you find them. A school fish by nature, the tasty panfish might be here one day and over there the next. Find one crappie and others are ...

REND LAKE — When the third or fourth slab crappie hit the bottom of Rick Eskew’s livewell, the veteran Rend Lake fishing guide said for anyone to hear, “Not all bushes are created equal.” Although a ...