We call them panfish because they are small enough to fit in a pan—a frying pan, that is. Some of those panfish we love most in Arkansas include bluegills, crappie, redear sunfish, white bass, ...

TRI-LAKES AREA — Some people find it hard to understand why the crappie is such a popular sport fish. Unlike bass, catfish and trout, which hit baits with unbridled ferocity, this panfish’s strike ...

Earlier this month, I spent a few days fishing on Weiss Lake in Centre, Alabama, to film an episode of Field & Stream “Hook Shots.” Centre happens to be the “Crappie Capital of the World,” and it ...

Two years ago Andy Fanter had a private pond filled with tiny black crappie. Catches of 100-plus in a few hours were common but the fish were barely seven-inches long and gave fillets that were potato ...