From catching big crappies in small lakes, 5 expert tips to catch more bass this fall, to finding and fishing remote trout lakes.

Mississippi has without doubt some of the finest crappie fishing in the nation, but success can be elusive for anglers who aren't on the water regularly. To complicate matters more for the average ...

Five Stringer-Filling Tips for Summer Panfish When it comes to catching a meal, crappies are the beginning and the end of it.

The crappie jig fisherman in my hot-weather fishing competition, like most other crappie anglers who caught crappie during the middle of the day during hot weather, fished deep.

Summer Troll In warm weather, crappie often dwell in 10-20 feet of water—sometimes even shallower, especially on sunny days. This makes them ideal targets for trolling with small crankbaits.

While on a summer crappie fishing trip with the temperature pushing 95 degrees, I noticed several other anglers on the lake enjoying the sport. It reminded me that Missouri is a fishing state.

This has pushed both the bass and crappie into their summer patterns. The bass are concentrating on points, ledges and humps in 10-16 feet of water throughout the lake.

Autumn fishing frustrates many Arkansas crappie anglers. During fall, these beloved panfish are often scattered and hard to find. Crappie may be deep one day, shallow the next and suspended at ...