Small ponds will be ice-fishing magnets for panfish, and bluegills and crappie should be biting on small jigs and maggots.

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Most of us fishing guides are pretty busy with our own schedules, but every once in a while, we get together for a day on the ...

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.

According to guides and other players in the sport, Minnesotans are snapping up gear, booking trips and winter fishing ...

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Adam “Griff” Griffith can find and catch crappies. It could be on a clandestine backwater or hiding in plain sight in an urban lake, but make no mistake, the man finds and catches big fish. Making the ...

A Minnesota angler wasn’t sure what to think after reeling through the ice a brightly colored fish that resembled a crappie in shape only. “I thought maybe it was a sunfish due to the color, but after ...

Jerk baits are a great cold-water choice for getting black bass to bite. Walleye, striped bass and sometimes crappie will ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is keeping boating access sites plowed at more than two dozen Upper Peninsula ...