Besides those lures, I recommend keeping a stash of the following: See It Crappie patterns change significantly by season. In most areas, this is signified by changes in water temperatures.

Every year, hordes of crappie flock to the shallows to spawn. In the Northern states, this happens a month or so after ice- out or even during the last of the hard-water season. In the South the ...

Catching crappie in the spring is as sure a thing to some as the return of the sandhill cranes. These scrappy fighting fish ...

If you subscribe to any number of social media sites or pages that cater to crappie fishermen, one of the most frequent ...

Water level is about 2 inches high and clear. Water temperature in the upper-60s to mid-70s. Fishing guide Reagan Nelson says ...

Crappie guide Blake Oestreich says lots of crappie are still shallow, 15 feet or less. Look for spawning fish on shallow timber, buckbrush, cypress and other shallow cover. Jigs and minnows under a ...

Rising lake levels are coinciding with rising surface temperatures. For Kentucky Lake’s early spring fishing scene, it’s a ...

The latest Texas Fishing Report for selected locations from around the state as provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...

Tyler — GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.26 feet above pool. Crappie are fair in 12 feet of water on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water with chicken ...