Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author with a spring slab. The popularity of crappies varies by region, and it’s fair to say they’re the biggest deal in the ...

No matter where you live or fish, imagination and common sense are all you need to catch huge crappies this time of year ...

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 ...

About 25 years ago, while teaching at a private military academy in central Missouri, I got hooked on bad-weather fishing. Spring break was in mid-March, and while Missouri can be warm and sunny at ...

Spring crappie fishing is excellent this year in the bays of picturesque Chautauqua Lake. Veteran angler Bob Rustowicz says, “Be sure to dress warm.” Submitted photo For many years, after the ice ...

Wiley whitebeard angler, Bob Rustowicz, shares some of his catch from a recent trip to Chautauqua Lake where the crappie have started their spring feeding ritual. Submitted photo One nice thing about ...

Here's a list of suggested places to fish from shore, courtesy of Scott VanValkenburg at Fisherman's Corner in Pike Lake and Ted Sellers at Northwest Outlet in Superior. Island Lake bridge -- On St.

The light tug on his line told Gene Vislisel that he had another one. Keeping the tip of his pole high, he reeled in another crappie from the shallows of Lake Macbride. "I've been throwing some of ...

That spurt of warm weather earlier this week has got me thinking crappies. No, not crappies through the ice — I’m talking open-water crappies, maybe from shore, maybe from the boat, but open-water, by ...