Jason Piper and his daughter, Katelyn, catch crappie at Beaver Lake last October. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — The water’s cold now, but crappie fishing at Beaver Lake will heat up with each warm day. Two ...

Fall hunting seasons are about to jump into full swing. Just don’t make the mistake of stashing that crappie fishing gear in a spot where you can’t get to it in pretty short order. You could miss out ...

Professional crappie fisherman Joe Bragg is one of the best in Kansas, and has plenty of tips to help shore-bound anglers catch fish. Courtesy photo Professional crappie fisherman Joe Bragg has plenty ...

Spring crappie fishing is in full swing and the succulent panfish are moving to the shallows for spawning. This is an off-and-on process that varies with weather patterns. The fish back off when a ...

Too often anglers use oversized rods and line and lures. Eller recommends an ultralight rod with a regular-sized reel and 4-pound high-quality test line. Eller prefers using a simple maribou feathered ...

In less than 30 seconds, my quill sank. I brought a 1-1/2 pound crappie over the gunwales of my boat. For the next 20 minutes, I continued to take crappie. Although the minnows-in-a-glass-jar idea of ...

It's not generally hard to catch crappies--a bucket of minnows, a cane pole and some cool weather usually will allow rounding up enough to eat on any lake where crappies live. However, loading up an ...

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 ...