Small, shallow lakes and bays off big water obviously lock up earliest and provide not just the safest first-ice option, but ...

Crappie fishing is currently best near areas still having green weeds by good lake structure. Anglers should use a few ...

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In early winter, finding crappies is as easy as finding green aquatic vegetation. Big slabs will be right up in the greenery, where they not only find abundant foot, but cover, both for ambushing ...

Ice fishing is a winter pastime throughout many northern communities. Once lakes, ponds, and backwaters freeze solid, anglers drill holes through the ice and present a mixture of live and artificial ...

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NEW YORK — New York is home to both black crappie and white crappie, although black crappie are the predominant species throughout the state. Shortly after ice out crappie congregate in schools in ...

This is a tough time of year for those of us who fish. Most anglers have put away their boats because it’s too cold to sit in ...

Back in late December, when a cold snap locked up many Upstate NY lakes for the first time this winter, Andrew Scott, of Long Eddy, drilled a bunch of holes in Lake Superior in Sullivan county. He ...

Some anglers bundled up for winds off the islands are sticking some nice trout near the shorelines, trolling hard-bodied cranks and spoons. The best target depths have been as shallow as 15 feet, but ...

SHAWANO LAKE (WLUK) -- During the winter season, frozen-lake fishing is part of "How WI Live" in Northeast Wisconsin. But many say as we mark the third week of March, the ice fishing campaign is ...

Fishing guide Ben Matsubu says crappie fishing has picked up. Best size coming in 15 to 24 feet around brush and laydowns ...