THREE RIVERS — Veteran crappie fishing guide Bud Council never served in the British Army, but he does apply the English military’s adage of “7 Ps” to his Choke Canyon Reservoir angling tactics every ...

Don’t have a big boat – or no boat at all? Fisheries Biologist David Baker recommends fishing smaller lakes for crappie during the April spawning season. Every spring, anglers pursuing crappie during ...

Crappie can be caught year-round in Arkansas. My favorite fishing season, however, is the prespawn period in late February and early March. Crappie are preparing to invade the shallows to reproduce ...

As water temperatures cool down, crappie fishing heats up. Fall is a great time to fill your freezer with fish in preparation for a long winter. Crappie begin moving into the shallows to feed when ...

Winter crappie are among the sweetest-tasting fish you can eat. While they may not be trophy-size catches, these one- to two-pound swimmers are fun to fish and relatively easy to find throughout the ...

HICKORY CREEK — Garland Villines wouldn’t touch a crappie with a 10-foot pole. A 9-footer? Now we’re talking. The sensitive 9-foot fishing rod was just one weapon that the Beaver Lake crappie ace used ...

Kentucky and Percy Priest are among the nation's best lakes for crappie fishing, according to Fishhound.com. The website has Kentucky Lake second and Percy Priest 16th in its ranking of "50 Top U.S.

Jason Piper and his daughter, Katelyn, catch crappie at Beaver Lake last October. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS — The water’s cold now, but crappie fishing at Beaver Lake will heat up with each warm day. Two ...

SOCIAL CIRCLE - The brief Georgia winter provides a great opportunity to get excellent results for crappie fishing, and several reservoirs across the state offer rewards for anglers willing to brave ...

Crappie can be caught year-round in Arkansas. My favorite fishing season, however, is the prespawn period in late February and early March. Crappie are preparing to invade the shallows to reproduce ...