No matter where you live or fish, imagination and common sense are all you need to catch huge crappies this time of year ...

In my part of the country, the crappie spawn is an event anticipated with barely controlled expectation. The springtime ...

The parade of spawning fish gets started in late February with walleye. March starts the white bass spawn. Come April and into May, it's crappie that grab the fishing spotlight. Anglers start beating ...

My friend Lewis and I were up to our waists in water. It was March, and the temperature outside was still a little cool. So it didn’t take long for the 58-degree water in the oxbow lake we were ...

It happens every year. One warm, sunny day and I think it’s full-blown spring. Time to load up the boat, wife and kids and go crappie fishing. But, as an old boss used to say, one robin doesn’t mean ...

A single dogwood stands on what passes for a bit of sandy high ground in the hardwood flat that is adjacent to an oxbow reachable by boat through a barely wide-enough channel connecting the slough to ...

About 25 years ago, while teaching at a private military academy in central Missouri, I got hooked on bad-weather fishing. Spring break was in mid-March, and while Missouri can be warm and sunny at ...

Freshwater fish including largemouths and crappies are noted for beginning their spawns on the new and full moons. Why, no one knows for sure but it may be a left-over instinct from some proto-fish ...

Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S.—and for good reason. They’re fun to catch for anglers of any skill level, they put up a good fight, and they can grow to impressive sizes. If ...

Cold fronts, wind and rain have made conditions less than prime for crappie fishing on Ross Barnett Reservoir, but anglers are boating some giants in spite of it. "I haven't caught any 3-pounders this ...