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.

Few things in the world of fishing ignite more quiet controversy than tackle choices. Spinnerbait vs. chatterbait, braid vs. fluorocarbon - anglers love to debate. But among all the techniques that ...

Water level is 1.39 feet high and fairly clear. Water temperature in the upper 70s. Crappie guide Blake Oestreich says fishing has been excellent using jigs and minnows around brush piles and old ...