Plastics: For those aggressive crappie days, it’s tough to beat plastics, as they allow you to get to fish quicker, requiring less time re-baiting. Soft plastics also offer a more active presentation.

Striped bass are moving south and crappie are bunching up, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Fish for stripers and white bass between Monte Ne and Camp War Eagle on the War Eagle River arm of the ...

Over the past few years, small, soft plastics have really taken off in popularity among anglers, especially during the winter months. With old man winter officially here, many lakes across the Midwest ...

Tyler — GOOD. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.26 feet above pool. Crappie are fair in 12 feet of water on brush piles with minnows and jigs. Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water with chicken liver.

Some 20 years ago, on any given summer day, you would've found me along the bank of a Virginia farm pond or waist-deep in the ...

Professional crappie angler Tim Blackley takes a moment to share his favorite crappie plastic colors for water clarities ranging from muddy to clear. Perhaps more so than many gamefish, crappie often ...