WOOD COUNTY, Texas — One of the country’s largest fishing tournaments returns to Lake Fork next month, and organizers say this year’s Crappie Fest will be bigger than ever. The event is set for late ...

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.

Since its opening Lake Fork has certainly gotten its due as one of the premier bass fisheries not only in Texas, but throughout the United States. The trophy bass fishery has been so dominate that the ...

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 this winter are reminded of a special “no cull” regulation on those lakes that prohibits the release of any crappie between ...

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; 55 degrees; 1.16 feet below pool. Crappie are slow with fish scattered on brush piles and roaming in 20-30 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are slow caught in 20 ...