Spring is the one time of year when crappie move shallow and are within easy reach of nearly every angler. It's also a great time to tie on an artificial jig rather than a traditional minnow, as these ...

After the original Mister Twister came onto the market, I did not tie a bucktail jig for a couple of years. Then I ran out of bucktail jigs and realized that they had not been replaced by soft plastic ...

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.

Sure, crappie admittedly aren’t tackle-testing brawlers. They are, however, energetic scrappers. And 14-inch fish, thick of ...

Almost every Arkansas angler loves to catch a big mess of good-eating crappie. Winter provides a great time to do this. Crappie feed actively this season and often gather in large schools when the ...

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