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.

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

With water temperatures finally starting to feel like fall, it’s time for Alabama anglers to break out their crappie poles, minnow buckets and fly-weight jigs and head for the favorite haunts if the ...

Mid April, when the weather is gentle and the fish bite, is the best time to discover Arkansas. Rusty Pruitt and I took some time out Wednesday to try our hands at catching crappie and panfish at Lake ...