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.

The heat and humidity of south Louisiana isn’t for the faint of heart. With air temperatures climbing into the upper 90s and water temps reaching the same scorching levels in stagnant backwaters, many ...

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 ...