TRI-LAKES AREA — Some people find it hard to understand why the crappie is such a popular sport fish. Unlike bass, catfish and trout, which hit baits with unbridled ferocity, this panfish’s strike ...

Crappie can be caught year-round in Arkansas. My favorite fishing season, however, is the prespawn period in late February and early March. Crappie are preparing to invade the shallows to reproduce ...

Spring crappie fishing is a must at these four top destination lakes. Submitted photo Crappie fishing is one of my favorite pastimes. These large panfish are fun to catch and great to eat. Using ...

Cathy Wheatley toed the trolling motor control on the bow of her bass boat, oozing the craft slowly over the slick, featureless surface of open water on sprawling Sam Rayburn Reservoir. An electronic ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay face chaos on a crowded creek during a crappie hunt. High school basketball team gives up title ...

Crappie fishing is one of my favorite pastimes. These large panfish are fun to catch and great to eat. Using minnows under slip-bobbers is my favorite tactic for catching crappie, but jigs work just ...

Crappie fishing on High Rock Lake has been hot the past week despite high wind, cold air and rain. Fishermen are bringing in limits of fish daily with the largest weighing in just under 2 pounds.

Dan Dannenmueller and Mike Jones believe they have hit a home run in the recent birth of the Mississippi Crappie Trail. Some might say it’s a grand slam, referring to four of the six reservoirs and/or ...

Sipping light beer and smoking a menthol cigarette, the woman wearing a blue NASCAR cap inside Peanut's Crappie House pulled her line from the murky depths of Lake Eddleman. Not a bite. Nary a nibble.