Jerk baits are a great cold-water choice for getting black bass to bite. Walleye, striped bass and sometimes crappie will ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay debate crappie jigs vs live minnows for the biggest slabs.

The more expensive the lure, the quicker it gets snagged and lost forever at the bottom of the lake. That's one of the givens ...

Here is the latest Fishing Report as provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife for Dec. 27.

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.

Try for stripers from Monte Ne south into the War Eagle and White river tributaries. Shad is the best live bait. Brood minnows are the second choice. Conklin said it's important to use electronics to ...

CEDAR CREEK — Water level is about three feet low and clear. Surface temps dropped into the 40s with the cold front. Deadsticking small shad imitations over 30 feet is producing good numbers of whites ...

From record-setting catches on the water to big bucks brought down, here's a look back at the top outdoors stories of 2025 in ...