Officially, the first day of summer is still 18 days away, but the bass, crappie and bream in local waters have already moved into the patterns they’ll follow until fall arrives. “They’re catching big ...

In the summer as temperatures peak and the water column stabilizes, crappie are found scattered in the weeds. By fall, they start to migrate toward deeper water before developing a more steady pattern ...

Cathy Wheatley toed the trolling motor control on the bow of her bass boat, oozing the craft slowly over the slick, featureless surface of open water on sprawling Sam Rayburn Reservoir. An electronic ...