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

It was a typical day of summer crappie fishing for the Wheatleys -- hopping from submerged brush pile to brush pile, their clients plumbing the edges of the deep cover with live shiners or small ...

Sweat was already dripping from my forehead at sunrise. Crappie fishing during the peak of summer when the heat index is 105 degrees seems illogical. But it quickly begins to ...

Unlike the previous brushpiles I had fished, ones found in 15-20 feet of water, this one was in a depth of 11 feet, with ...

Finding summer crappie schools is the hard part. The usual answer, however, is fairly simple: Look to deep structure. Just how deep depends on the water clarity in your particular lake.

Crappie fishing can be really good after dark, especially in spring, but in summer, too. Also remember that at times, crappie can be color selective on jig tail choices, and switching tail colors can ...

The variety of late summer fishing — channel catfish, flatheads, walleye, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, lake trout, salmon — lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing ...

Late spring: All about location Late spring is a time of transition for crappie. With the spawn winding down, the fish begin a gradual to deeper water, where they will spend the summer, fall and ...

Fishing is almost invariably at its best early and late in the day, when light-shy crappies are somewhat shallower and feeding more aggressively.