A little over a year ago, Nathan “Shags” McLeod and I fished winter crappie with Kris Nelson for the first time on Pomme de Terre Lake. That trip spoiled us. In just under an hour, all three of us ...

Big crappies, those thick red lines that appear on your flasher, put me in a trance. I concentrate on those lines on the graph, jigging up and down, willing the marks into biting my jig or at least ...

A great thing about crappies, from an angler's perspective, is that, in springtime, under the right circumstances, they can be caught fairly readily in shallow water, providing lasting memories on the ...

Oct. 20—Some people might get tired of chasing crappie, but Andy Houston, of Mantachie, says he doesn't know who those people would be. "It never gets old," he said. Crappie fishing is always a good ...

As 2017 is winding down, most anglers' thoughts are looking toward the good spring fishing they will find. However, there are many anglers who never quit, including a growing number of crappie ...

An early morning phone call from Strafford resident Dennis Heymer was all it took for me to grab some crappie fishing gear and head for the lake. Heymer is a winter crappie angler who typically ...

Jason Burton’s good winter crappie fishing on Lake Palestine has turned into good spring fishing, and he expects it will hold until the dog days of summer. That works out well for Burton, who is in ...

Winter crappie fishing in East Texas is part skill and part perseverance. The fish are active feeders in deeper water between December and February. When it finally turns winter in Texas, most people ...

Fish don't seem to mind when the weather is just a notch above freezing, with a stiff wind and drizzle that's set in for the day. Black crappie and white crappie inhabit Beaver Lake, said Jon Stein, ...

Crappie Masters tournament angler and Oklahoma fishing guide Todd Huckabee has a wealth of fishing experience at his disposal when seeking out big slabs. Huckabee, who guides on the famed crappie ...

Fish don't seem to mind when the weather is just a notch above freezing, with a stiff wind and drizzle that's set in for the day. Those kind of days get Payton and Tiffany Usrey of Springdale excited ...