For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

The crazy weather swings we’ve experienced this winter indicate an upcoming warm-up, which suggest open water in some of our ...

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

Alan Bland shows a Beaver Lake crappie he caught May 2 from the Pine Creek arm on the upstream end of the reservoir. The fish ...

A northeast Kansas crappie tournament angler is set to begin selling his own brand of crappie lures online this weekend. Dalton Thomas, of Leavenworth, has been making lures for more than a year as a ...

In the south Crappie are already pushed up shallow and other parts of the country aren’t far behind. That means it’s time to tie on a jig and head to your favorite brush pile. If you need a new rod, ...

Jon Conklin, fishing guide from Goshen, said brood minnows or live shad are the best baits. Stripers are scattered on the northern one-third of the lake from Point 9 to Beaver Dam. Locate schools of ...

Winter crappie are among the sweetest-tasting fish you can eat. While they may not be trophy-size catches, these one- to two-pound swimmers are fun to fish and relatively easy to find throughout the ...

If you don’t have a couple of bags of crappie filets stockpiled in your freezer, you are in luck. At Lake O’ the Pines and Lake Fork, this weekend is the last weekend of the “Winter Crappie Season.” ...