Almost every veteran crappie catcher can recount times when he was catching fish just as fast as he could toss out a yellow jig, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, the fishing went bust.

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 ... got out my Aqua-Vu ...

A simple crappie tactic for cold weather, made famous by "Mr. Crappie", pro-crappie angler and tackle-maker Wally Marshall, is "dock shooting". Basically, it's turning a spinning rod into a bow to ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

The corresponding depth is the depth you should fish. Use a 10- to 12-foot jigging pole with two crappie jigs on the line 18 inches apart. If shad are 10 feet deep, position the jigs so they’ll ...

Though largemouth bass draw most of the attention on North Alabama's TVA lakes, especially with the Bassmaster Classic on Guntersville approaching, crappies can be a more dependable target during ...

In the south Crappie are already pushed up shallow and other parts of the country aren’t far behind. That means it’s time to tie on a jig and head to your favorite brush pile. If you need a new rod, ...

Bass Fishing How to Catch Crappie on Jigs! Posted: May 13, 2025 | Last updated: May 13, 2025 Welcome to Bass Fishing DFW! 🎣🔥 If you’re into giant bass, urban waters, and exciting pond ...

The crappie fishing world lost one of its biggest names on February 15 when Eddie Slater of Slater's Jigs died. Slater helped changed crappie fishing 50 years ago when he began making and fishing ...