Most of my early crappie fishing is done in local reservoirs suchas Liberty, Loch Raven, ... Crappie fishing in the spring … it’s a beautiful thing! [email protected].

In March, crappie anglers find success finesse fishing 1/8-ounce jigs on sunk brush in 10-12 feet of water. A 2019 study by IDNR showed 35 percent of crappie were over 10 inches and 30 percent ...

Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "Many people go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." In my experience, this rings especially true for crappie fishing. Let's be ...

As the weather improves and temperatures climb, planning a fishing trip is a good way to enjoy the outdoors. It doesn’t have to be elaborate, although it is a good time for Lake Erie walleyes or ...

The spring crappie fishing will usually get started around here as early as February. I know that February is still winter time, but tell that to the crappie. Crappie fishing in the late winter or ...

For those us who remember when crappie — or as I grew up with calico bass — fishing in the spring was a sure sign that the dog days of summer were just around the corner. The bucket filled with these ...

In less than 30 seconds, my quill sank. I brought a 1-1/2 pound crappie over the gunwales of my boat. For the next 20 minutes, I continued to take crappie. Although the minnows-in-a-glass-jar idea ...

I might as well cut and paste this paragraph and use it all spring. Springtime in Idaho is magical. We have ground squirrel hunting going on, turkey hunting, bear hunting, ...

But the above happens every year, the first warm day of pre-spring (and more so the longer the winter has been) so I guess I will die starting my crappie fishing too early.

By Silas Gray [email protected] The crappie felt quite cold as I released it into the small Styrofoam cooler that Dad and I were using as a makeshift live well. It An early-spring crappie ...

Crappie fishing is one of my favorite pastimes. These large panfish are fun to catch and great to eat. Using minnows under slip-bobbers is my favorite tactic for catching crappie, but jigs work ...