Crappie are famously fickle, shifting from shoreline brush to deep timber overnight, yet anglers who understand their ...

Recovering quickly from the effects of the recent ice apocalypse, area lake temperatures are rapidly on the rise, which will soon trigger the spring crappie spawn. With lake waters already responding ...

When spring is on the horizon, anglers look forward to spawning time more than any fishing season of the year. As the water slowly warms, walleye, white bass, crappie and other favorites start moving ...

The parade of spawning fish gets started in late February with walleye. March starts the white bass spawn. Come April and into May, it's crappie that grab the fishing spotlight. Anglers start beating ...

Crappie move shallow, and spawning begins when the water temperature hits 56 degrees or thereabouts. The exact time this happens in Arkansas varies from year to year, from north to south within the ...

Tyler — GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.16 feet above pool. Crappie are slow on minnows but good on jigs. Catfish are slow in 5-6 feet of water with chicken liver. Bass are in 5-6 feet of ...

Barnett Reservoir is already giving up quality crappie and plenty of them, but as the spawn gets closer, it should only get better. "It's going to be a great year," said B&M Fishing pro staff member ...