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.

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

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

The spring crappie fishing will usually get started around here as early as February. I know that February is still winter time, but tell that to the crappie. Crappie fishing in the late winter or ...

Wally Marshall of Westminster is arguably one of the most well-known crappie fishermen in North America. He goes by the nickname “Mr. Crappie,” a fitting moniker he trademarked way back in 1996.

Hello folks, today (or rather, tonight) we're fishing along a dock to get that night time crappie bite. We gear up with tiny ...

A northeast Kansas crappie tournament angler is set to begin selling his own brand of crappie lures online this weekend. Dalton Thomas, of Leavenworth, has been making lures for more than a year as a ...

Crappie are hands down one of my favorite species to target. These abundant, aggressive fish also taste excellent right out of the fryer. Whether you are bobber fishing in the spring, or ice fishing ...

Summer is a challenging time to catch crappie, prompting some anglers to adopt unconventional techniques. Wayne Stewart, owner of Catchin' Crappie Guide Service, specializes in trolling deep-diving ...