Fish don't seem to mind when the weather is just a notch above freezing, with a stiff wind and drizzle that's set in for the day. Black crappie and white crappie inhabit Beaver Lake, said Jon Stein, ...

An early morning phone call from Strafford resident Dennis Heymer was all it took for me to grab some crappie fishing gear and head for the lake. Heymer is a winter crappie angler who typically ...

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 ...

In early winter, finding crappies is as easy as finding green aquatic vegetation. Big slabs will be right up in the greenery, ...

Okay, it looks like we are going to have a mild winter, maybe. It’s been warm lately but that Christmas chill put fear into the hearts of many. For now, I’m laying odds that most of the rest of the ...

The first Big Chill of this winter is upon us, and it's sure to shut down bass fishing for several weeks as the cold shocks the fish in most lakes statewide. However, what's bad for bass anglers is ...

A great thing about crappies, from an angler's perspective, is that, in springtime, under the right circumstances, they can be caught fairly readily in shallow water, providing lasting memories on the ...

A little over a year ago, Nathan “Shags” McLeod and I fished winter crappie with Kris Nelson for the first time on Pomme de Terre Lake. That trip spoiled us. In just under an hour, all three of us ...

Oct. 20—Some people might get tired of chasing crappie, but Andy Houston, of Mantachie, says he doesn't know who those people would be. "It never gets old," he said. Crappie fishing is always a good ...

What began as a part-time gig to help him enter crappie tournaments has blossomed into a full-time career for one area angler. “Crappie” Chatt Martin, of Lawrence, said he began subsidizing his ...

As 2017 is winding down, most anglers' thoughts are looking toward the good spring fishing they will find. However, there are many anglers who never quit, including a growing number of crappie ...

Fish don't seem to mind when the weather is just a notch above freezing, with a stiff wind and drizzle that's set in for the day. Those kind of days get Payton and Tiffany Usrey of Springdale excited ...