Crappie are hands down one of my favorite species to target. These abundant, aggressive fish also taste excellent right out of the fryer. Whether you are bobber fishing in the spring, or ice fishing ...

When I was a kid my fishing equipment comprised of a slender tree branch, a hook, some worms, maybe a weight, and either a string or monofilament line. My father upgraded my equipment when he noticed ...

That’s a nice mess of crappie. Fact is, many Arkansas lakes produce excellent crappie fishing like this, even during the hot summer months. Greeson ranks among the best for trophy-size crappie, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crappie can be caught year-round in Arkansas. My favorite fishing season, however, is the prespawn period in late February and early March. Crappie are preparing to invade the shallows to reproduce ...

It’s about this time each year that hype begins building for the spring crappie spawn – a fishing event that’s as near and dear to many anglers as any other outdoors happening in the Ozarks. When ...

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 ...

We hear a lot about our most popular crappie lakes, but many lesser known lakes in Arkansas offer top-notch crappie fishing, as well. Depending on location, crappie will begin their pre-spawn ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s inland fisheries division compiled a dozen of the state’s prime crappie destinations, creating a bucket list for anglers. In Texas, largemouth bass are king.