Spring is officially here. And that means there are a lot of fishing opportunities for freshwater anglers, one being crappie. Now, crappie aren't the biggest fish, nor will they put up the biggest ...

Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S.—and for good reason. They’re fun to catch for anglers of any skill level, the put up a good fight, and they can grow to impressive sizes. If ...

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 ...

Chautauqua Lake offers two sub-species of the Promoxis — the Promoxis niromaculatus (black crappie) and Promoxis (the white crappie). Now, back in the day, we called crappie, calico bass, when in ...

On a flat map, Lake Pymatuning looks like a wishbone with one of its wishes broken off. Somebody, sometime yearned for a great Pennsylvania fishery, and the 17,000-acre lake in the northwest region ...

Charles Stewart of Bay Minette isn't picky when it comes to fishing. "I fish for what's biting at that time," the veteran Mobile-Tensaw Delta fisherman said without hesitation. He's just as quick to ...

Kentucky and Percy Priest are among the nation's best lakes for crappie fishing, according to Fishhound.com. The website has Kentucky Lake second and Percy Priest 16th in its ranking of "50 Top U.S.

Up a creek, but with a paddle, is a good thing when the crappie are biting. Pine Creek Hollow is a hot spot for crappie on the south end of Beaver Lake during spring. Compared to other creek arms at ...

OK, Shenango Lake is not my favorite lake of northwest Pa.’s big three: those being Pymatuning and Conneaut in Crawford County and finally Shenango in Mercer County. Shenango is a river-impounded lake ...