If you’re like me, though, minnows and cane poles aren’t enough to satisfy. I frequently fish with shiners, but I also like working jigs, spoons, crankbaits, spinners and other crappie lures.

I had another pole set up with the Reaper and walked to a different spot with some cover, bouncing the jig along the grassline on an ultralight Shakespeare crappie pole.

This week's news information packet from the Oklahoma Wildlife Department could not havebeen more timely, nor accurate. Their lead report says "The crappie spawn is on!," and as wenoted in ...

As Al got the boat set for trolling, his son, Alan, unfurled an 18-foot long pole with spinning reel attached, and with a slight flip, cast sent a pair of bright-colored tandem-rigged jigs 50 feet ...

Old-Fashioned Bass Tactics A noisy topwater plug worked with a long pole is a key part of old-fashioned bass tactics such as skittering and doodlesocking.