Why dangle one minnow in front of a crappie's nose when you can jiggle a whole school of them? That's the idea behind the spider rig, a system that gets crappie to bite at Beaver Lake all year long. A ...

When you think of a spider bite the first thing that comes to mind isn’t necessarily good. After all, tall tales of black widows, brown recluses and creepy-crawly tarantulas all elicit the same ...

Cane poles or telescoping fiberglass poles are the preferred equipment most West Alabama anglers use to catch crappie when summer arrives. Some try jigging poles that allow them to vary their depth ...

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.

The Alabama Rig has been a very effective and controversial device in the bass fishing world since it's introduction by Andy Doss and Mann's Bait Company in early 2011. The Alabama Rig is not a lure ...

Bruce Darr shows a 35-pound striped bass he caught while fly fishing in early January in the Rocky Branch area of Beaver Lake ...

There's more than one way to catch crappie on a hot summer day on Beaver Lake. Payton and Tiffany Usey have three tricks up their sleeves for enticing crappie when the lake is warm as bath water and ...

KINKAID LAKE – An unsuccessful walleye trip five years ago made Murphysboro’s Chuck Novara a better crappie fisherman. Novara and a friend were using a bottom-bouncing rig, tipped with night crawlers, ...

WINDSOR - If you love catching crappies (and eating them, too), now's the time to go. And Newnans Lake east of Gainesville is about as good a place as you can target. The fish are abundant, eager to ...

Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S.—and for good reason. They’re fun to catch for anglers of any skill level, put up a good fight, and can grow to impressive sizes. If you don’t ...

The simple joy of it is this — when the bobber goes under, yank it. Kenneth Whitehead of Red Dirt Roots TV had a tip on an early fall crappie spot this week and we grabbed a half-pound of medium-large ...