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.

Some 20 years ago, on any given summer day, you would've found me along the bank of a Virginia farm pond or waist-deep in the James River. More than likely, my T-shirt was balled up in the back of my ...

Lindy or walking sinkers are often used when drifting or trolling slowly with live bait on a plain hook. | Joe Shead Al and Ron Lindner made the Lindy Rig famous decades ago, and it continues to ...

The rod: The longer the better. Seven feet or more helps cast farther and dislodges snags more easily. The reel: Spinning or spincasting reel loaded with 8-pound test monofilament line will catch ...

Andrus Outdoors, Lake Sakakawea/Area Lakes: A large amount of anglers have been out on this area of the lake in spite of the weather. Fishing in this part of Sakakawea has been good but spotty with ...

Battle Lake area: Ottertail, West Battle and Rush lakes have provided anglers with good walleye action at 10-20 feet using Lindy Rigs with a night crawler or a leech. Spinner baits, tubes, Senkos or ...

Andrus Outdoors, Dickinson, Lake Sakakawea/Area Lakes: Fishing has been excellent over the past week. Most fish are coming from water as shallow as 6 feet, and up to 12 feet. Leeches are becoming hard ...