Learn how to catch more crappies during the dog days of summer. Discover the best small lake spots—docks, timber, deep basins, vegetation—and proven lures ...

A robust crappie population adds to the catch diversity at Clear Lake and provides more food for bass. Even better, these sweet and meaty little slabs are a perfect target for your summertime ...

Wyatt, Craig and Leo Anderson show the muskie and crappie that 6-year-old Leo, right, caught on Clear Lake in June, 2016. The muskie was holding the crappie in its mouth when Leo reeled the pair ...

The black crappie that Burruss landed this month isn’t the first monster slab that’s been caught in Clear Lake. Back in May 2018, another angler hooked a 4.4-pound crappie from the lake.

Rick Konakowitz caught a golden crappie while fishing on Clear Lake in Minnesota – something he’s never seen before.

Crappie were king at Clear Lake for years in the '60s and '70s and then just disappeared. In the last 10 years (until 2004), no one could catch a crappie. Then a few showed up in 2004, and last ...