When spring is on the horizon, anglers look forward to spawning time more than any fishing season of the year. As the water slowly warms, walleye, white bass, crappie and other favorites start moving ...

The parade of spawning fish gets started in late February with walleye. March starts the white bass spawn. Come April and into May, it's crappie that grab the fishing spotlight. Anglers start beating ...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. — “It’s just unreal,” biologist Dave Knuth said as he pulled dozens of small, young-of-the-year crappies from a net on Wappapello Lake the morning of Oct. 24. “We’ve probably recorded ...

Although air and water temperatures are still relatively cool, longer days and increasing air temperatures are slowly warming area lakes. Increasing lake temperatures begin to stimulate natural ...

Water level is 6.47 feet low and stained. Water temperature in the upper 60s. Fishing guide Brian Branum says bass fishing has been good. Fish are being caught shallow and deep. Some are spawning, ...

Beaver Lake: Striped bass fishing varies from day to day. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing from Horseshoe Bend park upstream into the White and War Eagle river tributaries. Camp War ...

That spurt of warm weather earlier this week has got me thinking crappies. No, not crappies through the ice — I’m talking open-water crappies, maybe from shore, maybe from the boat, but open-water, by ...

So, what about a Christmas crappie? Those are two words that don’t necessarily go together for a lot of fishermen, and that’s a shame, because the serious anglers among us have learned that there are ...

Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S.—and for good reason. They’re fun to catch for anglers of any skill level, put up a good fight, and can grow to impressive sizes. If you don’t ...

Barnett Reservoir is producing plenty of crappie over 2 pounds. Both the main lake and Pelahatchie Bay are holding large numbers of quality fish. Anglers are targeting fish near structure around ...

I had a friend with a lot of money and a fast boat and I only wish we had met sooner. One day we launched the boat on the Columbia, and before we ran up and down the big river, Harry Ruth nosed his ...