Find and catch early-season crappie with this step-by-step guide to targeting spawning slabs from ice-out through spawn. In regions that receive ice cover, crappies spend the winter suspended over ...

Pay Attention to Depth – Crappie regularly school up at specific depths, which means you could be missing out if your bait is too low or high. Use a fish finder to locate schools or vary your lure ...

The parade of spawning fish gets started in late February with walleye. March starts the white bass spawn. Come April and into May, it's crappie that grab the fishing spotlight. Anglers start beating ...