Both jigs can be sweetened with a whole minnow to add crappie-catching appeal. The three-way swivel rig is easy to set-up and can be configured in many ways according to fishing conditions ...

While live minnows are time-tested crappie baits, and Stewart said the bite sometimes dictates he use them, he prefers to set up on top of the ... fish are hitting his rig. Right now, Stewart ...

and he says it’s the perfect setup for what he calls “hover rig” fishing — a finesse technique for vertically jigging soft plastic lures. This is the same lure Allee used to catch his state-record ...

Good lure choices include jerk baits, Alabama rigs or crank baits. Southtown Sporting Goods in Fayetteville recommends using minnows or jigs for crappie. Walleye are starting to migrate into the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie yellow perch veterans generally rely on a multi-hook crappie rig or a double-hooked perch spreader. The rigs sport monofilament leaders with long-shanked No. 6 hooks ...

The rest are simply concrete slabs that come to a muddy end long before the water begins. The ramps at the dam, the Wise County Park and on the north side of U.S. 380 are closed. It isn’t an ...