TRI-LAKES AREA — At most sporting-goods stores, you can buy all sorts of fancy fishing poles made from a variet y of modern manmade materials. Choose from boron, graphite, fiberglass or composites ; ...

As he delivered the thick-walled, seven-foot cardboard tube to my doorstep, the UPS driver asked, good-naturedly, “Just how many fishing poles do you need?” ...

It had been hot in Arkansas for weeks. The thermometer shot up to 101 degrees one day, and it had been over 100 for close to a month. For some folks, the scorching summer weather meant it was too ...

Fall hunting seasons are about to jump into full swing. Just don’t make the mistake of stashing that crappie fishing gear in a spot where you can’t get to it in pretty short order. You could miss out ...

The crappie fishing world lost one of its biggest names on February 15 when Eddie Slater of Slater's Jigs died. Slater helped changed crappie fishing 50 years ago when he began making and fishing with ...

At most sporting-goods stores, you can buy all sorts of fancy fishing poles made from all sorts of modern man-made materials. Choose from boron, graphite, fiberglass or composites. There are long ...

WINDSOR | Mandarin’s Al Green looked at his boat’s sophisticated depth finder-plotter, and the GPS coordinates showed this mid-lake place was the spot to start our day of fishing. He turned on his bow ...

Whether you call them crappies or croppies, or freckles, specks, or papermouths, white and black crappies have enticed America’s anglers since the advent of cane fishing poles. Their allure isn’t ...

Welcome to April! Catching crappie in the spring in Nebraska is as sure a thing to some as the return of the sandhill cranes and the strutting of tom turkeys. These scrappy fighting fish are held in ...

Fishhound.com is an on-line information service for anglers. Editors there recently compiled a "50 Best Crappie Lakes" list after consulting with veteran outdoor writers, professional crappie anglers, ...