The crazy weather swings we’ve experienced this winter indicate an upcoming warm-up, which suggest open water in some of our ...

Fish don't seem to mind when the weather is just a notch above freezing, with a stiff wind and drizzle that's set in for the day. Black crappie and white crappie inhabit Beaver Lake, said Jon Stein, ...

If you're already tired of sitting in a deer stand or you have all the deer meat you need in your freezer and you're ready to put some crappie in your boat, you can't go wrong at Eagle Lake or Ross ...

Big crappies, those thick red lines that appear on your flasher, put me in a trance. I concentrate on those lines on the graph, jigging up and down, willing the marks into biting my jig or at least ...

Okay, it looks like we are going to have a mild winter, maybe. It’s been warm lately but that Christmas chill put fear into the hearts of many. For now, I’m laying odds that most of the rest of the ...

The first Big Chill of this winter is upon us, and it's sure to shut down bass fishing for several weeks as the cold shocks the fish in most lakes statewide. However, what's bad for bass anglers is ...

A little over a year ago, Nathan “Shags” McLeod and I fished winter crappie with Kris Nelson for the first time on Pomme de Terre Lake. That trip spoiled us. In just under an hour, all three of us ...

Oct. 20—Some people might get tired of chasing crappie, but Andy Houston, of Mantachie, says he doesn't know who those people would be. "It never gets old," he said. Crappie fishing is always a good ...

East Texas is fortunate to be the home of some of the nation’s — if not the globe’s — best fisheries. Lake Fork is known far and wide to be the home giant bass. Lake O’ the Pines is also home to ...

Fish don't seem to mind when the weather is just a notch above freezing, with a stiff wind and drizzle that's set in for the day. Those kind of days get Payton and Tiffany Usrey of Springdale excited ...