It's the same old song and dance every spring for crappie fishing guide Kyle Schoenherr. The crappie waltz up shallow and Schoenherr hustles right into the bushes with them. Like a well-choreographed dance, the crappie preparing to spawn and Schoenherr is trying to catch them before the two tango.


"The process of crappie moving up shallow all starts when water temperatures gets in the upper 50s. Once the temperatures hit the lower 60s, ...

Here is a few pictures from our trip to sippi. Pre-fishing and the days after the tourney were pretty awesome. Tourney day we will just chalk it up to an experienced learned from. There is some real studs in Lake Washington, and the bellies ...

Being new to the forum, I wanted to post some pictures of my journey so far. Grew up fishing Guntersville and now my parents live on the lake so I'm very fortunate to be able to fish one of the best lakes in America often. My father and I ...

I want to share what makes camps so great with those who have yet to attend one, no matter what state. This was the 10th camp we attended in Mississippi and the umpteenth one we've been to since 2006. The weather doesn't always cooperate ...

If I could call up to God and have him dial up the perfect Crappie fishing day then this would have been my dream day. The weather was perfect from beginning to end, morning temperature around 48 degrees, a light breeze from the northwest was a welcome change from the 20+ days of winter. Welcome to winter crappie fishing ...

Lure companies are always coming out with new products. It is a never-ending flow, but really do most anglers need more lures and fishing related products? The answer is yes, however, it may not be for the reasons you think and why Arkie Jigs continue to produce more and new products every year.



Every year, crappie seem to get a little wiser. What caught them the preceding year doesn't get as much as a sniff from a crappie now.

Over the years, crappie seem to have been conditioned about the ...

Missouri’s Stockton Lake has water clear enough for anglers to resort to light line and ultralight tackle to catch crappie, but the reservoir’s abundant woody snags induces many to stick with the heavy stuff.

So I was surprised when I fished for the first time with Rick Flint and discovered he exclusively uses ultralight tackle and 2-pound Maxima monofilament for taking crappie from Stockton’s standing timber. “The light line allows that jig to fall naturally plus I can use a 1/32-ounce jig ...