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.

Beat the bushes or fish the flats to catch crappie. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing along flats adjacent to the river channel. Good places to try include flats near Point 12, the Camp ...

Bobbers: Paired with small jigs (or hooks), split shots, and live bait, bobber rigs work year around, although I find them to work best during spring. Jigs: Lead, glass, and tungsten jigs all have a ...

Jerk baits, Alabama rigs, crank baits or jig and pigs are good lure choices for black bass, said Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Work them along rock or gravel points and rocky banks.

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

Anglers are eager for walleye and white bass spawns, but crappie are biting now. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said crappie can be caught from brush in water that's 30 to 40 feet deep. Fish a jig or ...

Water level is 2 inches high and fairly clear. Water temperature in the low 80s. Crappie guide Blake Oestreich says fishing has been excellent. Fish are on the move deeper and into more of a summer ...

Water level is 1.39 feet high and fairly clear. Water temperature in the upper 70s. Crappie guide Blake Oestreich says fishing has been excellent using jigs and minnows around brush piles and old ...