My uncle Guy McClintock of Cherry Valley spent much of his life fishing for crappie. His fishing vessel was a 10-foot johnboat hand-crafted from cypress. His poles were hand-cut canes.

Bobbers or floats are very useful when fishing crappie, and regardless of your age there is nothing quite as exciting as seeing a bobber go under.

One of the easiest and most simple tactics for early spring crappie success is casting small jigs, suspended below bobbers, to shoreline cover such as docks, beaver huts, fallen logs or riprap ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon. When “slabs”, as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping ...

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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 ...

He recommends 1/64-1/8 ounce Crappie jighead hooks with Crappie tubes/grubs in the color combinations pictured in this article. The tails on these tubes/grubs can be made out of feathers, hair and ...

ELK CITY RESERVOIR – Chances are J.R. Dunn has been fishing more times in the past month than 9-year-old Taylie McKlintic has in her life. While he has some of the best equipment money can buy ...

In March, crappie anglers find success finesse fishing 1/8th ounce jigs on sunk brush in 10-12 feet of water. A 2019 study by IDNR showed 35 percent of crappie were over 10 inches and 30 percent ...

Presentations for spring crappie fishing should be relatively simple. Follow the K.I.S.S. principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid.