East Texas is fortunate to be the home of some of the nation’s — if not the globe’s — best fisheries. Lake Fork is known far and wide to be the home giant bass. Lake O’ the Pines is also home to ...

Crappie fishermen headed to Lake Fork and Lake O’ the Pines in eastern Texas between now and Feb. 28 are reminded of a special “no cull” regulation that is now in effect on those two impoundments.

Lake Fork is legendary among anglers as one of the top lakes in America to catch big bass. Fork has yielded more than ten times the 13-plus pounders than the second place contender on the list of ...

Crappie fishermen have to rank among the world’s luckiest bass fishermen. That holds especially true at Lake Fork, where guys with featherweight tackle routinely hook-up with heavyweight largemouths ...

Crappie fishermen headed to Lake Fork and Lake O’ the Pines in eastern Texas this winter are reminded of a special “no cull” regulation on those lakes that prohibits the release of any crappie between ...

Most panfish junkies will agree that crappie are only where you find them. A school fish by nature, the tasty panfish might be here one day and over there the next. Find one crappie and others are ...

Hawkins' affinity for crappie fishing started in 1996, two years after he moved to Quitman and befriended the late Curtis Rushing. Rushing was a legendary Lake Fork crappie guide known for speaking ...

Tyler — SLOW. Water normal stain; 65 degrees; 0.39 feet above pool. Crappie are slow in 20-25 feet of water. Catfish are slow on chicken liver. Bream are slow on red worms in deep water. Bass are slow ...

Based on DNR creel surveys, anglers landed an estimated 15,000 crappies this winter on Upper Red, compared with about 900 crappies, on average, over the previous 10 winters or more. Crappies are a ...