You’ll know crappie are biting on Lake Dardanelle when you see stationary boats in open water from the Interstate 40 bridges.

Crappie fishing is picking up at Ross Barnett Reservoir as fish move shallow to spawn. Anglers are catching large numbers of good-sized crappie, with some exceeding two pounds. While recent storms ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs," as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys gobbling and morel mushrooms popping. I’ve often said ...

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 ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay test minnows vs jigs for crappie and catch big slabs.

The button willows we were fishing were thick enough to hide a hunter-orange hippo, but on the edge in open water, another fisherman somehow managed to see us. “Hey! Y’all need some help?” he called.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Terry Peoples goes on a Dale Hollow fishing trip with Kentucky Guide Services Preston and Krystal Cleary and Southern Woods and Waters Contributor Nathan Vatter. Deep water ...

Jerry Porter and pals Ron and Rodney Shelton were having a banner morning of spring-spawning crappie action on 1,000-acre East Lynn Lake on May 6. It was only 9 a.m. when Porter hooked a fish bigger ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay fish with mom at crappie creek and she lands a huge catch.

SOD, W.Va. — Dwight Priestley of Alum Creek, W.Va. and Lindell Marker of Sod, W.Va. are longtime friends. Dwight is Lindell’s Sunday school teacher and the two enjoy fishing together a lot. So ...

HARTS, W.Va. — Jerry Porter of Harts, W.Va. has caught some big crappie while fishing at Wayne County’s East Lynn Lake, but none could compare to the one he caught while he and some buddies were there ...

BALD KNOB -- The latest installment in the Permit-Only Fishing Waters Tour with Joe Volpe was a resounding success. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission offers access to select private fishing waters ...