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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

If you're already tired of sitting in a deer stand or you have all the deer meat you need in your freezer and you're ready to put some crappie in your boat, you can't go wrong at Eagle Lake or Ross ...

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 ...

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