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 ...

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 ...

PILOT POINT - Wally Marshall loves to fish for crappie. It is a childhood passion dating all the way back to the 1960s and 70s when he was a kid growing up in Garland, a Dallas suburb that has since ...

The air may still be a bit chilly, but the fishing has been hot so far this spring. Recently I got a chance to do some dock fishing and decided to try out some new jig heads that I ordered online. The ...

Fall hunting seasons are about to jump into full swing. Just don’t make the mistake of stashing that crappie fishing gear in a spot where you can’t get to it in pretty short order. You could miss out ...

THREE RIVERS — Rebuilding a legend, one crappie at a time, has become the goal of veteran angler, guide and owner of Bud’s Bait and Tackle Shop, Bud Council, as he targets the slab-sided panfish. “At ...