Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

Flip Putthoff/NWA Democrat-Gazette Bruce Darr isn’t a fishing guide, but he caught this dandy striped bass on a fly rod in ...

Almost every veteran crappie catcher can recount times when he was catching fish just as fast as he could toss out a yellow jig, when suddenly, for no apparent reason, the fishing went bust. Different ...

Beat the bushes or fish the flats to catch crappie. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing along flats adjacent to the river channel. Good places to try include flats near Point 12, the Camp ...

DALLAS - According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department angler preference surveys, crappie rank third among the most sought-after game fish. Black bass rank first and catfish are second. Wally ...

A high lake level and frequent cold fronts this spring make fishing hard to predict. Boaters beware of floating debris. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker recommends fishing for black bass around ...

Athens — SLOW. Water clear; 68-71 degrees; 0.45 feet above pool. Bass are in all stages of the spawn scattered shallow on beds out to 12 feet of water. Shallow fish can be caught on small moving baits ...

Get out early to catch a top-water striper. Taylor Surly at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said striped bass are biting top-water lures at first light to sunrise between Rocky Branch park and the dam ...