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.

Crappie are biting fair, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Anglers report catching lots of small crappie with minnows or jigs around brush. Crappie must be 10 inches or longer to keep at Beaver Lake ...

Flip Putthoff/NWA Democrat-Gazette Bruce Darr isn’t a fishing guide, but he caught this dandy striped bass on a fly rod in ...

A good day or two on the water yet is the goal of diehard anglers during this time frame, and the pattern just described can help do that. As always, enjoy your time on the water and remember to ...

Fishing for crappie has improved. Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers reports fair crappie fishing in the midlake area with minnows or jigs 10 to 20 feet deep. The best fishing is near brush piles. Try ...

Truman Lake reports crappie action that’s “very good” on spider rigging or dipping trees with assorted jig rigs. Brent Frazee Star file photo Here’s the fishing report for areas around Kansas City in ...