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.

Crappie can be a finicky fish during fall. The tasty panfish sometimes bite so light an angler may never know a crappie has taken the bait. Mike McBride of Winslow has a way of dealing with the ...

Crappie fishing is one of my favorite pastimes. These large panfish are fun to catch and great to eat. Using minnows under slip-bobbers is my favorite tactic for catching crappie, but jigs work just ...

Anglers who've been fishing most of their lives sometimes learn a lesson. Mike McBride hadn't made more than four casts when a crappie the size of a dinner plate nailed his small jig. His first fish ...

During the fall, a lot of anglers welcome diversions like baseball playoffs, football or other sports. However, some anglers need more than a good football game to keep them indoors in the autumn — ...

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio - No matter how you say it, crappie fishing is an exceptional spring fling. Around northern Ohio, the white and black crappie are called "crop-pea." Mosey on down to southern Ohio ...

BEAVER LAKE - Fishing for crappie when gusty winds were giving the War Eagle arm of Beaver Lake a good whipping last week was the culmination of sheer serendipity. As an example of accidental good ...

Instead of watching the game, Micaiah Thompson and his friend took a group of kids ice fishing and caught a black crappie for ...