The first fish I ever caught on an artificial lure was a crappie. It hit a Hildebrandt black and yellow spinner bait cast from a green metal Johnson Century reel mounted on a solid fiberglass rod with ...

Find and catch early-season crappie with this step-by-step guide to targeting spawning slabs from ice-out through spawn. In regions that receive ice cover, crappies spend the winter suspended over ...

Spring crappie fishing is excellent this year in the bays of picturesque Chautauqua Lake. Veteran angler Bob Rustowicz says, “Be sure to dress warm.” Submitted photo For many years, after the ice ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The spring fishing weather has been unpredictable as usual on Lake Erie, but that hasn’t thwarted crowds of tournament anglers, charter captains and every day fishermen from ...

The Mansfield area has some of the best fishing in Ohio. It was recognized statewide recently when two lakes in Richland County were listed among the state's top destinations for spring fishing by the ...