What is a Slip Bobber Rig? A slip bobber rig requires a few key components to tie everything together, but the star of the show - and what gives this rig its name - is a float (bobber) that has a hole ...

During the early season before the spawn, crappie and panfish bites can be difficult to detect at times with traditional methods. They're much lighter than what you'll get during the spawn and in the ...

Why dangle one minnow in front of a crappie's nose when you can jiggle a whole school of them? That's the idea behind the spider rig, a system that gets crappie to bite at Beaver Lake all year long. A ...

There's more than one way to catch crappie on a hot summer day on Beaver Lake. Payton and Tiffany Usey have three tricks up their sleeves for enticing crappie when the lake is warm as bath water and ...

The crappie fishing world lost one of its biggest names on February 15 when Eddie Slater of Slater's Jigs died. Slater helped changed crappie fishing 50 years ago when he began making and fishing with ...