Sometimes, agonizing over the perfect reel to pair with a technique-specific rod is fun. Other times, you want to buy a complete setup and go fishing. That’s where a crappie combo comes in handy. It’s ...

Crappie fishing mostly calls for light lines. I'm old school when it comes to line. My short ultralight has 4-pound-test monofilament, and my medium-light rod is spooled with 6-pound-test.

A West Virginia man was fishing with buddies all day when he caught a heavy black crappie that was just certified as the new ...

Since no one really wants to do the latter, we spoke with an expert crappie fishing guide to see how he keeps the rods bent during the toughest conditions on the ice. His tips and tricks can teach ...

The best crappie fishing is on warm afternoons when the sun ... Shallow fish are spooky fish, so long casts are the name of the game. Long rods (like maybe 7 feet) help you cast much farther ...

Charles Allen recently had me and Ron Spomer down for a multi species hunt in Texas. We had deer, duck and squirrel hunts ...

It hit a Hildebrandt black and yellow spinner bait cast from a green metal Johnson Century reel mounted on a solid fiberglass rod with a ... Spring is here Crappie fishing for many is tied to ...

The prime-time crappie fishing season on Chautauqua Lake begins in April and ... After casting with or without a bobber, retrieve some line, then gently shiver/shake the rod tip to provide some action ...