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.

Cole & Jay test live minnows vs. crappie jigs to see which works best. Trump-appointed judge orders state to use new Senate ...

Fall hunting seasons are about to jump into full swing. Just don’t make the mistake of stashing that crappie fishing gear in a spot where you can’t get to it in pretty short order. You could miss out ...

Water level is 6.95 feet low and fairly clear. Water temperature in the mid-80s. Crappie guide Blake Ostreich says crappie fishing is good. Fish are still in a summer pattern but there are a few fish ...

Mike Hardin, assistant director of Fisheries for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, holds a healthy smallmouth bass caught on a live shiner in December from Lake Cumberland. Late ...