Spring is upon us. The dogwoods have started blooming, and crappie are biting in the shoreline shallows of many lakes here in Arkansas. It’s a season many anglers anticipate with great joy — me ...

Earlier this month, I spent a few days fishing on Weiss Lake in Centre, Alabama, to film an episode of Field & Stream “Hook Shots.” Centre happens to be the “Crappie Capital of the World,” and it ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — Some people find it hard to understand why the crappie is such a popular sport fish. Unlike bass, catfish and trout, which hit baits with unbridled ferocity, this panfish’s strike ...

I was just about to ice a nice northern pike the other day. But with no gaff and the fish hooked far back on the side of the jaw, it’s nose would catch every time I tried to coax the pike’s long head ...