Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In my part of the country, the crappie spawn is an event anticipated with barely controlled expectation. The springtime mating ...

“You catching any crappies John?” yelled my fishing buddy, Robert Holland. We were fishing along a little stream that runs across a road just outside of Rome, Georgia. “Not yet,” I yelled from my spot ...

Back bays and shallow coves with sheltered cover typically provide the best prespawn/spawn crappie areas. Oxbow lakes or flooded river backwaters are classic examples. Crappies will hold along the ...

We were barely creeping along when one of the fishing rods slowly pulled downward. A gentle lift, and another decent crappie was aboard. Trolling and vertical jigging along the dropoff was productive.

Crappie anglers look forward to April and May in Kansas. It's a time of year when the masses of crappie head to the banks to make their annual contribution to future generations. Fishing the crappie ...

Aggressively pursued throughout much of North America, crappies are a culinary delight when breaded and cooked to a golden brown color. Because of their palatial qualities, crappie rank in the top ...

The crappie spawn is one of the most anticipated events in fishing for many Mississippi anglers. It's perch-jerking at its finest and produces untold numbers of the tastiest fillets around. In much of ...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. — “It’s just unreal,” biologist Dave Knuth said as he pulled dozens of small, young-of-the-year crappies from a net on Wappapello Lake the morning of Oct. 24. “We’ve probably recorded ...

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 ...

Because if flows through the least populated part of the state, the Tombigbee River goes unnoticed by much of the state. Crappie fishermen should take notice. "The Tombigbee River from Demopolis back ...

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 ...