Early spring is crappie season throughout most of America. It’s when the heavyweight females head for shallow water to spawn, and it usually kicks off first in the Deep South, where the water warms up ...

No place looks more like Louisiana than the million acres that comprise the Atchafalaya Basin. This week, I dove into it headlong with fishing buddies Chris Macaluso and Jeff Bruhl. We caught a mess ...

Old River in Avoyelles Parish features some outstanding crappie fishing that attracts anglers from throughout the South. It's even easier to catch them if you use a gill net. That's exactly what the ...

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 ...