River backwaters offer safe ice and predictable winter habitat. Learn how to locate, fish, and stay safe while ice fishing for slab crappies.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Terry Peoples goes on a Dale Hollow fishing trip with Kentucky Guide Services Preston and Krystal Cleary and Southern Woods and Waters Contributor Nathan Vatter. Deep water ...

In early winter, finding crappies is as easy as finding green aquatic vegetation. Big slabs will be right up in the greenery, where they not only find abundant foot, but cover, both for ambushing ...

You’ll know crappie are biting on Lake Dardanelle when you see stationary boats in open water from the Interstate 40 bridges.

The day was pleasantly mild — a continuation of a somewhat stable weather pattern, a rarity this spring. Slowly cruising at little more than a trolling pace, I inspected various brush piles scattered ...

Spring is officially here. And that means there are a lot of fishing opportunities for freshwater anglers, one being crappie. Now, crappie aren't the biggest fish, nor will they put up the biggest ...

The rock dam looked ideal for crappie. It was in a chute just north of the Mississippi River bridge on the Illinois side of the river. Armed with Missouri and Illinois fishing licenses, we quietly ...