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Cooking bacon-wrapped crappie with OOD Food Editor Andrew Rochon. This simple, yet tasty dish can be made right on the shore or Ice. One frying pan is all it takes. Healthy greens and hearty red […]
Here in the farm country of eastern Pennsylvania we spend at least one day a year slaving over a big copper kettle making a voluminous patch of apple butter. The orange-burnished kettle that I own […]
Rodholder rigs for trolling are one of those kinds of gear where practical functionality rules everything. The better it works, the less you think about it. And if you do spend time thinking about your […]
For trophy panfish sleuths today, it’s all about staying two steps ahead of the pack; going where crowds of anglers haven’t been for a while. Sometimes, it’s a simple matter of circling back to lakes […]
Courtesy of TTI Blakemore and Written by Keith Sutton: “We just wanted a lure that would catch fish.” That’s how the late Bert Hall described the rationale behind his Road Runner lure. He designed it […]
Fish deeper and slower, then slow down your presen¬tation some more. Crappie may not be on the bottom, but suspended in a cooler thermocline. Keep an eye on your depth sounder so you do not […]
I am a tournament angler and fishing guide. Yet some of my favorite fishing trips occur every spring when my daughter Hannah and I share a boat or bank catching early season crappies. These fish […]
The Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters Tournament Trail held the South Carolina State Championship, March 4 and 5 on Lake Greenwood near Greenwood, SC. Greenwood is a relatively deep lake, especially towards the dam. It […]
Depending on where you live in up North, early bird anglers may refer to it as the mud bay bite, the canal bite, the backwater bite, or my favorite, the old pad bed bite. Regardless […]
One little known species in Devils Kitchen Lake is the yellow perch. A small population has existed for a number of years. The source of that population is unknown. More recently efforts of biologists to […]
I was a twelve-year-old dock boy living the dream at a resort in Northern Wisconsin. By day, I’d hang out with minnows and men who tell fish stories, while earning a little walking around money […]
Most normal folks will, at some point in the winter, swing their legs up on a couch and watch a football game. Even those not into sports will use their couch for comfort viewing of […]
Day two at Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters Florida State Championship started off with cool temperatures and high winds. Anglers were faced with the daunting task of dealing with the cold and wind all day […]
Crappie anglers near DeLand, FL began their day with prospects of threatening weather. Forecasters were issuing severe weather forecasts for as early as noon in the area. Fishing waters include the St. Johns River from […]
While it was American rock band the Eagles who recorded “Take It To The Limit” years ago, Bobby Garland’s Itty Bit Slab Slay’R is likely going to have another group, crappie anglers, singing a modified […]
Summer like weather across the nation has some folks thinking about summer fishing. If they are, their thoughts may go to crankbaits for crappie. More and more anglers are turning to the crankin’ critters to […]
If your crappie tackle box doesn’t have bladed jigs, like the Road Runner Original Marabou Jig and the Bass Pro Shops Tube Stump Jumper Jigs, you’re missing a serious slab-catching bait. The design of this […]
Teamwork is an important element of success in crappie tournaments. Ask any crappie tournament angler and he will praise his partner and emphasize the need to work together to be successful. Those same anglers are […]
Just weeks after the B’n’M Poles team of Kyle Schoenherr and Rodney Neuhaus claimed victory in the 2015 National Championship, the 2016 Crappie Masters Trail was launched. Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters All American Tournament […]
There is an age-old debate among anglers as to how much color affects fishing success. One angler in Georgia says quite a bit. Stephen Cremshaw regularly fishes Lake Blackshear, near Cordele, GA. He says his […]
It is no secret that crappie relate to structure. Finding good structure for them in shallow lakes can be difficult. Russ Bailey, veteran crappie angler, has developed a pattern for shallow water lakes. He spends […]
Crappies are an early season favorite for good reason; they’re not that hard to find and readily bite. Crappies provide a great opportunity for getting the open water season underway. They are easily caught from […]
Ah, what could be more traditional than a fishing rod, a bobber, and a frisky minnow on a hook? It harkens to childhood days of #panfish, popsicles, and not a worry in the world until […]
Bluegill, redbreast sunfish and warmouth are among the species that go by the generic name of bream (aka brim). Whether anglers are catching them for fun or for the dinner table, bream are a worthy […]
Crappie anglers love live minnows. Historically minnows have been known as the bait of choice for catching crappie. Minnows have wiggle, they have taste and they have smell. Crappies always have and always will be […]
A recent trip to Parsons Kansas revealed some laid-back, enjoyable, fun fishing. The town of 11,000 people has a great, revitalized main street. An F3 tornado hit the town in 2000 so there is a […]
From our Friend TJ Stallings – The water temperature was down five-degrees. The water was muddy too. Those are tough conditions, especially when seeking “picture” quality fish. Fortunately I was with Crappiemasters Pro, Jonathon Phillips.
As winter fades slowly into spring, crappies and other panfish begin a predictable transition from thermally stable, deep water basins towards warming shallows where the food web of the lake is beginning to bloom. This […]
I’d never want to take a crappie shoe shopping. Even if you could overcome the difficult task of sizing a fin correctly, the fish would never be able to make up their mind. One moment […]
While the fruit trees are blooming, the gobblers are booming and the crappie are ripe for the picking. Roy Gentry pitched a jig and cork rig near a stick up, twitched it slightly and watched […]
In the next edition of CrappieNOW Keith Sutton shares some of his knowledge on crappie fishing. Since I was a young boy, I have loved books. It is quite natural that this is so, for […]
Biologists have studied crappie for years, including where they grow the largest. A study done in South Dakota of both white and black crappie found that they grow the slowest in small impoundments and the […]
Time was when strip mined land was a story of environmental devastation. Now they have become successful habitat restoration. The woodlands, healthy grasslands and abundant water provide outdoor recreation for the public. Most of the […]
This spring it’s official – the ice IS out! Lake Minnetonka’s original Crappie Contest- the 47th Annual Minnesota Bound Crappie Contest, will take place on Saturday, May 2nd at Lord Fletchers. Minnesota Bound television host, […]
Lake Shelbyville is a natural for white bass. White bass thrive in large, open-water impoundments containing an abundance of shad, their favorite forage fish. This 11,000-plus acre impoundment is located in Shelby and Moultrie counties […]
To bring home limits of panfish this spring, don’t leave home without VMC® Hot Skirt Glow Jigs and Trigger X® Boot Tail Minnows and Curl Tail Minnows. Target shallow reed edges in lakes with the […]
Get a crash course in the best ways to utilize a roadrunner lure from O’Neill Williams. In this clip from his show O’Neill Outside, he covers all aspects of how to use a roadrunner lure […]
Many anglers stop targeting crappie on the St. Johns River once April rolls around. The spawn has ended and the easy crappie fishing has past. Crappie fishing pros Whitey Outlaw and his fishing partner Mike […]
When water temperatures reach the low 50s, whites start moving upstream, out of the lakes and reservoirs, until they reach a dam or other obstacle that blocks their travel. Here the white bass stack up […]
The blooming of the Dogwood trees signals the crappie spawning period. The rest of the forest is full of dark shafts of wood rising toward the sun. On them are small buds and the beginnings […]
Although not everyone believes it, an old adage in the fishing world is big baits, big fish. If you are a believer you are going to love Muddy Water Baits. I met up with Muddy […]
One of the late winter rites of passage is ice out crappie fishing. Locating the ice out crappie is a matter of going where they should be and going where they are. The latter probably […]
Designed to put more slabs in the boat, Johnson™ Crappie Buster baits come in six unique offerings suited for catching crappie across the country in the variety of waters these fish call home. Crappie Buster […]
Fishing, or more accurately “catching,” is about to bust wide open in south Georgia rivers, thanks to river levels dropping within the banks, according to personnel with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources […]
This may come as a surprise – open-water crappie season lasts far longer than April and May. It can be year round. Sure, boats crowd the shallows when crappies are spawning and the morel mushrooms […]
For anglers across the Ice Belt, November’s arrival spurs thoughts of the hardwater season ahead. But plenty of fine open-water fishing remains for the faithful who see the season through to the end. Take crappies, […]
When it comes to fishing for and catching crappie not many folks know more than Sam Heaton. After all, he is considered to be the first crappie guide in the country, plying his trade on […]
With a name longer than its size, the Bobby Garland 1.25″ Itty Bit Swim’R has inferiority complex issues right out of the package. However, after only a few weeks on the market and the winter crappie […]
A recent road trip to North Carolina and the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association annual meeting found me in Georgia on my way back home to Florida. I had an invitation to fish some brush piles […]
Early in the fall, weather can be quite changeable with hot days and cool nights. The changes can be confusing to crappie. Once the weather begins to stabilize, with cooler temperatures the norm, fish tend […]
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