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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 ...

Hello folks, this week we come at you from the frozen waters where we drilled some holes through the ice and gear up to catch those wonderful crappies. We bait up using live bait (minnows) and a ...

Many Northland lakes were mostly impassable last week after 50-degree temperatures melted snow on top of the ice. That watery mush should firm up with cooler overnight temperatures this weekend, and ...

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.

DULUTH, Minn. — The morning’s first grudging light had just begun to slip over the land as our train of anglers ventured forth. Four of us, well-Thinsulated and wearing ice cleats for purchase, ...

A great thing about crappies, from an angler's perspective, is that, in springtime, under the right circumstances, they can be caught fairly readily in shallow water, providing lasting memories on the ...

Whether you’re a newbie to the sport of ice fishing or a seasoned angler, everybody needs that one ice fishing rod to handle multiple species. These versatile ice rods are sensitive enough for sunfish ...