When crappie fishing on major East Texas lakes, fishermen are just as likely to find black crappie as they are white crappie. When it comes to a daily bag limit, they all count the same. They are the ...

It was a cold and windy afternoon in central Utah on Jan. 4. But 43-year-old Jesse Pashia knew of a protected shoreline along Gunnison Bend Reservoir where he could still wet a line. He took his ...

There is always great debate in fishing boats far and wide… is it a black crappie or is it a white crappie? The majority of anglers try to make their identifications based on body color. A "scientific ...

Update: The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks released new information about its investigation into the disqualified state-record crappie on Feb. 16. Read the full story here. It took 60 years ...

Jan. 16—COLUMBUS — As any serious angler will tell you, a fish weighing nearly four pounds is something to brag about. As panfish go, a fish that size is indeed a whopper. Just ask an Ottawa woman who ...

Crappie fishing is very popular because they are abundant and provide lots of fun fishing action, and they are considered excellent food fish and sportfish with mild sweet, white-flaky fillets. There ...

For about a decade Tim White has fished Virginia’s Occoquan Reservoir, where he owns a lake house near the town of Woodbridge. He regularly catches catfish and bass, along with some giant crappies ...

Pomoxis is Greek for "opercle sharp" and refers to the fact that the fish's gill covers have spines. The word annularis is Latin for "having rings" and refers to the dark bands (vertical bars) around ...

Roy Isaac said he saw a state fishing record coming. For the past four weeks, Isaac, 62, of Albany, has been fishing off a marina dock at Sleepy Hollow Lake in Greene County. Every weekend he’s been ...

Teresa Croy, of Ottawa, caught a white crappie weighing 3.91 pounds from a pond at the Glandorf Rod and Gun Club in Putnam County, narrowly eclipsing the weight of the former state record-holder.