NEW YORK — New York is home to both black crappie and white crappie, although black crappie are the predominant species throughout the state. Shortly after ice out crappie congregate in schools in ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs," as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys gobbling and morel mushrooms popping. I’ve often said ...

Fishing from shore brings to mind a simpler time, when catching fish was as basic as dunking a worm below a bobber or casting a spoon in hopes of catching whatever might be biting. Shore fishing ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs,” as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping. I’ve ...

The first fish I ever caught on an artificial lure was a crappie. It hit a Hildebrandt black and yellow spinner bait cast from a green metal Johnson Century reel mounted on a solid fiberglass rod with ...

It's a good year to be a crappie angler. Just about any species of fish has its diehard supporters; the guys who know 12 different ways to approach their favorite lake, river or pond to stalk their ...

That spurt of warm weather earlier this week has got me thinking crappies. No, not crappies through the ice — I’m talking open-water crappies, maybe from shore, maybe from the boat, but open-water, by ...

We are fresh off our annual Canadian fishing trip and back to the normal grind. Fishing was, of course, routine and awesome. It's always funny to see people's reaction when I tell them we go up to ...