Live bait, such as a minnow hung under a float, which is one of our top reviewed crappie bait rigs, may seem like a simple solution to the complex crappie-catching puzzle. But an artificial lure, ...

Troll with minnows or nightcrawler rigs 12 feet deep. Lake Fayetteville Marina reports black bass are biting plastic worms or ...

Go with top-water lures from first light to sunrise for black bass. Switch to plastic worms or jig and pigs after sunrise.

Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water ... Shaky heads are good around boat houses in 3-8 feet. Carolina rigs are good on road beds and points in 12-17 feet.

Best bet is fishing outside grass lines in 10 to 12 feet with Texas rig plastics ... ends of points. Crappie fishing is good around brush and old timber in 14 to 16 feet using minnows.

While water temperatures in big lakes and the Tenn-Tom Waterway have been slow to respond to the recent gradual cooling, those in smaller ponds, watersheds and the smaller state lakes have dropped ...

This is the latest Texas Fishing Report for select locations on Oct. 12. Information is provided by the Texas Parks and ...

Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water ... Try a Shad crankbait , spoon, drop shot or light Texas rig in the river fishing the cuts, turns, grass or pad lines.

Best pattern is targeting outside grass lines in 10-12 feet using Texas rig worms and weightless Flukes. Crappie are slow. Best bite coming on small jigs around brush piles in 25 feet. Forward facing ...

Crappie are good with minnows on brush in 16-20 feet of water ... and points east of the railroad bridge. Use an Alabama rig, walking top water. Shaded walls next to points with bladed jigs ...

ATHENS — Water level isabout seven inches low and slightly stained. Water temp in the upper 70s, low 80s. Fishing guide Reagan Nelson says bass are slow. Best bite still coming along outside grass ...