Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Almost every Arkansas angler loves to catch a big mess of good-eating crappie. Winter provides a great time to do this. Crappie feed actively this season and often gather in large schools when the ...

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — Hang around a gaggle of crappie fishermen for a little while and the subject of jig colors will arise. What is the best crappie-jig color? What color catches the biggest crappie?

It's amazing any 2-year-old ever makes it to his third birthday. Not only do the little runts earn with every tantrum the pejorative "terrible 2s," solidifying their parents' resolve to be more ...

A simple crappie tactic for cold weather, made famous by "Mr. Crappie", pro-crappie angler and tackle-maker Wally Marshall, is "dock shooting". Basically, it's turning a spinning rod into a bow to ...

A northeast Kansas crappie tournament angler is set to begin selling his own brand of crappie lures online this weekend. Dalton Thomas, of Leavenworth, has been making lures for more than a year as a ...

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 ...

Shreveport, Louisiana – The Shreveport Convention Center will host the third annual Crappie Expo October 1-3, 2021; and the Red River South Marina will host the Mr. Crappie® $250,000.00 Invitational ...