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

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.

Crappie are biting fair, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Anglers report catching lots of small crappie with minnows or jigs around brush. Crappie must be 10 inches or longer to keep at Beaver Lake ...

TOLEDO BEND — Water level is seven inches low and stained to clear. Water temp in the 70s. Ben Matsubu at Keith’s Tackle says crappie fishing is best around brush piles in 8-15 feet; lots of small ...

Water level is 7.98 feet high and stained to clear. Water temperature in the low 80s. Bass anglers still reporting good numbers on heavy Texas rigs flipped in flooded brush. Fishing guide Mike ...

Athens — GOOD. Water clear; 81-83 degrees; 0.33 feet above pool. Bass are good on grass edges throwing small swimbaits and moving baits, or on brush piles 20 feet deep with jigs, Carolina rigs, and ...

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Tyler — SLOW. Water stained; 51 degrees; 2.77 feet below pool. The fish must be on holiday as we reel in the new year. A few bass catches on crankbaits and trick worms. Bluegill are slow on red worms ...