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.

In this Jackson Kayak Tip of the Week, Mike Ernst details how to set up the right panfish rig for ultralight kayak fishing. Crappie and other panfish fishing can be much overlooked as we get more ...

BEAVER LAKE - Fishing for crappie when gusty winds were giving the War Eagle arm of Beaver Lake a good whipping last week was the culmination of sheer serendipity. As an example of accidental good ...

A Colorado angler who landed perhaps the largest crappie ever caught in the state last November has been awarded a catch-and-release record. Eric Allee was targeting bass from a kayak at McKay Lake on ...

Walleye can be caught on main lake points in 25-30 feet on the bottom with a ⅛ oz road runner tipped with half of a night crawler or ⅛ oz jig head. Crappie can be caught trolling flicker shad in the ...

Up a creek, but with a paddle, is a good thing when the crappie are biting. Pine Creek Hollow is a hot spot for crappie on the south end of Beaver Lake during spring. Compared to other creek arms at ...