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.

Alabama's abundant fishing options offer a plethora of opportunities for eager anglers. The state's southern coast offers the chance to drop a line inshore or have easy access to great offshore ...

NACONICHE — Water level is about normal level and stained. Water temp in the low 60s. Bass anglers are reporting good numbers of solid fish up to eight pounds using Alabama rigs and underspin swim ...

Beat the bushes or fish the flats to catch crappie. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, recommends fishing along flats adjacent to the river channel. Good places to try include flats near Point 12, the Camp ...