Crappie can be choosy. While springtime often yields good action, it pays to have a stocked jig box so you can make adjustments on the water. Crappie jigs with these 3 features should always have a…
Want to try something a little different when crappie fishing this spring? Try jerking for them.
Jerking is a technique that’s been used in some parts of the country for quite a few years but is just…
The Do-It Corporation/Off-Shore team of Tommy Skarlis and Kyle Steinfeldt employed a few tactics that are relatively new to southern crappie fishing Feb. 13-14 when they rode a big second day to a…
I’d never want to take a crappie shoe shopping. Even if you could overcome the difficult task of sizing a fin correctly, the fish would never be able to make up their mind. One moment plain sneakers…
Bright baits like the Bass Pro Shops Marabou Crappie Jig are the ticket for sight fishing for crappie. Try glow, white, chartreuse and other vibrant patterns. Metallic lures also give off good…
I do most of my crappie fishing in eastern Arkansas where clear waters are as rare as 5-pound crappie. I have no trouble catching crappie in the highly colored oxbow lakes I usually visit, but put me…
Fishing crankbaits for crappie needn't be a big-boat, multi-rod affair. You also can cast and retrieve a single lure for big-fish action.
Oklahoma crappie guide Todd Huckabee uses a Carolina-rigged…
Carl Hartman of Clewiston, Florida, is a guide at Roland Martin's Marina on Lake Okeechobee. Hartman said few anglers fish for crappie in this massive natural lake in the hot season, but the fish…
Keith Enloe of Eldon, Missouri, runs a guide service on nearby Lake of the Ozarks, a deep highland impoundment that is noted for excellent crappie fishing. This lake is also lined with private boat…
The key to summer crappie fishing is knowing where to find the crappie, not where you think they should be found.
Steve McCadams of Paris, Tennessee, has guided crappie fishermen for more than 30…
A float and a jig is a reliable method for catching crappie; I always have one of these set-ups rigged and ready in my boat. There's something to be said, however, about mixing things up now and then…
Lure color is important when it comes to catching crappie. Sometimes, only one color will catch fish; other times several colors work. But sorry folks, there are no precise rules to follow.
Carry a…
