For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

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Whether you call them crappies or croppies, or freckles, specks, or papermouths, white and black crappies have enticed America’s anglers since the advent of cane fishing poles. Their allure isn’t ...

Right now is arguably the best time to catch hefty crappies throughout much of North Florida, as the fish are either gearing up for spawning or are actively bedding in shallows. The trouble with ...

Crappie fishing can unnerve the most resolute angler. In the chilly advent of spring, our favorite panfish often seem to have a bad case of lockjaw and “normal” fishing tactics won’t produce. You can ...

No matter what the name -- crappie, calico, papermouth -- they are one of the most sought-after game fish to grace anglers' dinner plates. Though the southern half of Indiana and Illinois is loaded ...

No sooner had Michael Spriggs commented on how big the crappies have been running at Lake of the Ozarks this spring than he produced the proof. After he cast a multicolored jig to the edge of a boat ...

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MORSON, Ontario - It didn't take long to find the crappies. After few passes with my Vexilar portable flasher the bottom third of the dial lit up like a Christmas tree. "Here they are," I said to my ...

As he powered up his 19-foot Ranger, John Trossen smiled. Just how big are the crappies on Lake Geneva? someone asked. “Let the imagination take over,” he said. Trossen must have momentarily forgotten ...

A fisherman who thought he had found a school of bass on his fish finder got the surprise of his life when he hooked one of the fish that wound up being a record-size crappie. David Burruss of Clear ...