Fishing duo Cole and Jay debate crappie jigs vs live minnows for the biggest slabs.

Fishing duo Cole and Jay smoke slab crappie with jigs and bobbers in the swamp.

Feb. 1 in Caruthersville, drawing thousands of crappie fans, fishing pros and vendors for four days of seminars and shopping.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department teamed with the Friends of Lake Waco to make these “crappie condos,” or bamboo planted in buckets of concrete. They were dropped in the water under the Twin Bridges ...