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.

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

Kenny Stroud in Siloam Springs recommends using plastic worms, tube baits or any soft plastic lure to catch black bass. Try ...

Some 20 years ago, on any given summer day, you would've found me along the bank of a Virginia farm pond or waist-deep in the James River. More than likely, my T-shirt was balled up in the back of my ...

EDDY CREEK, Ky. — Fishing always will have an inherent element of luck. Are the fish biting when you can actually go? Are the weather and water just right? Are the fish zigging when you're zagging?

Fishing's good offshore, inshore and inland. Call it Southwest Florida's Octoberfish celebration. The best red grouper fishing of the year was reported this week. Unfortunately, the season closed in ...

Black bass are scattered at all depths and at all areas of the lake. That can make for tough fishing, said Reece Jones at ...

Anglers are eager for walleye and white bass spawns, but crappie are biting now. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said crappie can be caught from brush in water that's 30 to 40 feet deep. Fish a jig or ...

Want to land some bragging size crappie? Maybe even break the current IGFA all-tackle record? You'd be wise to fish the lakes rated by Fishhound.com as the best in the country for oversized slabs.

Sep. 7—Lake Lanier's current level has risen slightly from this past week. The rain has brought the lake up a little. Currently, the lake level is at 1,068.90 feet or 2.1 feet below the full pool of 1 ...

There's a small town in Mississippi that has all the Southern charm you can imagine, from fishing to a local food scene -- ...