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 ...

Cane poles or telescoping fiberglass poles are the preferred equipment most West Alabama anglers use to catch crappie when summer arrives. Some try jigging poles that allow them to vary their depth ...

It had been hot in Arkansas for weeks. The thermometer shot up to 101 degrees one day, and it had been over 100 for close to a month. For some folks, the scorching summer weather meant it was too ...

Crappie are hands down one of my favorite species to target. These abundant, aggressive fish also taste excellent right out of the fryer. Whether you are bobber fishing in the spring, or ice fishing ...

STEVE KNIGHT/STAFFGuide Daniel Cerretani boats a nice white crappie fishing on Lake Fork. The lake has both black and white crappie, and is one of the best fisheries around. LAKE FORK — We watched ...

Sometimes, agonizing over the perfect reel to pair with a technique-specific rod is fun. Other times, you want to buy a complete setup and go fishing. That’s where a crappie combo comes in handy. It’s ...

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 ...

During the fall, a lot of anglers welcome diversions like baseball playoffs, football or other sports. However, some anglers need more than a good football game to keep them indoors in the autumn — ...