Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Crappie fishing is currently best near areas still having green weeds by good lake structure. Anglers should use a few ...

Black bass are good on football jigs, green, red or black Texas rigged plastic worms, flukes, and crankbaits fishing points, timber, and channel ledges. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs working ...

Beaver Lake Striped bass fishing is good one day, poor the next, said fishing guide Jon Conklin. The best method is to troll for stripers with live bait such as brood minnows or shad. Other species ...

During this transitional time of year, it’s not uncommon for one day of lights-out action to be followed by a total skunking. Even traditional methods of predicting fish behavior like tracking fronts, ...

A hot-button subject in the world of fishing is the use of live bait. I’m talking about minnows, worms, leeches and all of the other critters that fishermen use to try to coax an unwary fish into ...

Live bait is working best to catch striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing for stripers between Rocky Branch and Hickory Creek parks. Trolling with brood minnows or umbrella rigs ...

Striped bass are going for live bait. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends trolling for stripers between Prairie Creek and Rocky Branch parks. Shad or brood minnows are the best bait. Look for ...

Athens — GOOD. Water lightly stained; 89 degrees; 0.73 feet high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, spinners and red or black Texas rigged worms working the points, humps, vegetation lines and ...