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.

During FischGiving 2025 (Nov 26–Dec 6), players must catch 12 Turkey variants scattered across the First Sea. This guide ...

Tip of the week Chukars are nervous, skittish birds by nature, so be extra quiet and stealthy when working likely-looking terrain. Keep your voice to a whisper and try to avoid any loud noises, even ...

I slowly raised my rod tip, feeling the bullet weight inch across the bottom until my plastic worm rested against the ruins of a drowned willow tree. As I lowered my rod tip and reeled in the slack, I ...

On his high school’s campus in Nashville, Tennessee, there was a small pond stocked with large mouth bass, and Dawkins would ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) recently announced plans to stock water bodies throughout Texas with rainbow ...

Happy ThanksquizzingIt’s Friday, the weekend is here, and that can only mean one thing – the JOE Friday Pub Quiz.