Minnows and crappie fishing go together like stinkbaits and catfishing. Although adult crappie feed on other forage as well, small fish make up most of the crappies’ diet. And because minnows can be ...

Big crappies, those thick red lines that appear on your flasher, put me in a trance. I concentrate on those lines on the graph, jigging up and down, willing the marks into biting my jig or at least ...

OK, they're just little crappie minnows, we get that. But to smallmouths and spots in winter the "tuffy" minnow, AKA Missouri minnows sold by the millions to crappie anglers all over the nation, look ...

Anglers are eager for walleye and white bass spawns, but crappie are biting now. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said crappie can be caught from brush in water that's 30 to 40 feet deep. Fish a jig or ...

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 to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping. I’ve ...

No matter where you live or fish, imagination and common sense are all you need to catch huge crappies this time of year ...

Billy Cotton has three passions in life: church, coaching youth baseball and fishing, in that order. Cotton is legendary in ...

If you ever wanted to catch a fish in Minnesota, this holiday weekend is the time. Weather vagaries this spring have conspired to keep water temperatures chilly, postponing crappie and sunfish ...