Hair jigs are most notably useful for crappie in the coldest of waters, but they’re quite effective all year long, and for the best of reasons: they attract attention from the most finicky of ...

First it's walleye, then white bass. Now it's crappie that brings excited anglers to waters large and small. May is when crappie move shallow to spawn and become easier to catch. Any bush, branch or ...

Billy Cotton has three passions in life: church, coaching youth baseball and fishing, in that order. Cotton is legendary in ...

Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." In my experience, this rings especially true for crappie fishing. Let's be ...

Every crappie angler has been there. You find a big school on your electronics, catch a few fish quickly, then watch the bite completely shut down and watch as the fish disperse. For years, I ...

Fishing with guide Tony Adams usually ends with a half-day stringer of crappie headed from the live well and into the cooler with ice for the truck ride home. Photo courtesy of Forrest Fisher We all ...