The bite had slowed. A few other fishers were still doing well, but my luck had stopped. Only three keeper crappie graced my stringer, and another pair of undersized fish had been released. All the ...

This species can form in large groups in clear water in vegetation over mud or sand, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services. The black crappie’s scientific name is pomoxis nigromacultas.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A woman in Ohio caught a record-breaking white crappie fish. Teresa Croy broke a 29-year-old Ohio state record for the white crappie when she reeled in the fish on Nov.

“It’s a place I’d caught white bass and crappies previously.” He says the hot spot is a sunken treetop in about four feet of dingy water. And while he’s new to crappie fishing (he typically chases ...