Whether you call them crappies or croppies, or freckles, specks, or papermouths, white and black crappies have enticed America’s anglers since the advent of cane fishing poles. Their allure isn’t ...

The jury is still out on whether John Foster’s 4-plus-pound crappie will remain an Iowa record. Foster caught the fish on Sept. 23, and officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources ...

A West Virginia angler just broke a fish record in the Mountain State. Jerry Porter of Harts, West Virginia, caught a black crappie while fishing at East Lynn Lake in Wayne County. Porter reeled in ...

They are the same but different. Black and white crappie can be found in lakes throughout East and Central Texas, and when coming out of the fryer there is not a lick of difference between the two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DES MOINES, Iowa — Instead of watching the Super Bowl earlier this month, a fisherman decided to test his luck at a southwest Iowa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a recent evening when game fish were whipped into a frenzy by an insect hatch at Cedar Lake in Minnesota, a veteran angler ...

NEW YORK — New York is home to both black crappie and white crappie, although black crappie are the predominant species throughout the state. Shortly after ice out crappie congregate in schools in ...

Beginning August 1, new fishing regulations for black bass and crappie will take effect in the Atchafalaya Basin and nearby ...

A black crappie weighing nearly 4 pounds was caught in West Virginia, breaking the state's weight record, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources said on Monday. Jerry Porter — of Harts, West ...

How did the crappie, a popular and extremely tasty gamefish in New York and throughout the country for that matter, get its uncomfortable-sounding name? The common name (also spelled croppie or crappé ...