Anglers who've been fishing most of their lives sometimes learn a lesson. Mike McBride hadn't made more than four casts when a crappie the size of a dinner plate nailed his small jig. His first fish ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon. When “slabs”, as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping. I’ve ...

Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S.—and for good reason. They’re fun to catch for anglers of any skill level, put up a good fight, and can grow to impressive sizes. If you don’t ...

Ahh, April is here! Yes! Time for a man’s thought to turn to all kinds of cool things. Stuff like … mowing grass, prepping those flower beds and spring time chores. Baseball and fragrances of all ...

First it's walleye, then white bass. Now it's crappie that brings excited anglers to waters large and small. May is when crappie move shallow to spawn and become easier to catch. Any bush, branch or ...

They begin popping up on lakes, ponds and backwater sloughs on the first warmish days of early March, about the same time blooming redbuds and mayhaws throw the first sparks of color in winter-gray ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs," as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys gobbling and morel mushrooms popping. I’ve often said ...

Even though our April temperatures and weather is sporadic and up and down, we are fast approaching the crappie spawn in central Maryland and very soon fish will be shallow and accessible to even the ...

Chautauqua Lake offers two sub-species of the Promoxis — the Promoxis niromaculatus (black crappie) and Promoxis (the white crappie). Now, back in the day, we called crappie, calico bass, when in ...