Pending certification, a California fisherman’s 4-pound, 5.44-ounce black crappie will become the new state record. If certified, the slab will break the previous record of 4 pounds, 1 ounce that has ...

The first fish I ever caught on an artificial lure was a crappie. It hit a Hildebrandt black and yellow spinner bait cast from a green metal Johnson Century reel mounted on a solid fiberglass rod with ...

Mark and Chad Thompson eclipsed the 125-pound mark last weekend to take home the victory during the Catfish Chasers Tournament Series event on Coffey County Lake, better known as Wolf Creek. The pair ...

Torches and pitchforks would undoubtedly come for you if you ate a 6-pound bass and had the audacity to post about it on social media. The mob’s anger wouldn’t be completely unjustified as large bass ...

Roy Isaac said he saw a state fishing record coming. For the past four weeks, Isaac, 62, of Albany, has been fishing off a marina dock at Sleepy Hollow Lake in Greene County. Every weekend he’s been ...

A teenager from Arkansas unexpectedly caught and released a 12-pound largemouth bass while fishing for crappie, and his impressive catch was recognized by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ...

For freshwater fishing, all you need is a basic, well-made fishing rod and appropriate bait. Here are some places on Long Island where you might try dropping a line — and an idea of what might be ...