Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon. When “slabs”, as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys to be gobbling and morel mushrooms to be popping. I’ve ...

Crappie are hands down one of my favorite species to target. These abundant, aggressive fish also taste excellent right out of the fryer. Whether you are bobber fishing in the spring, or ice fishing ...

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio - No matter how you say it, crappie fishing is an exceptional spring fling. Around northern Ohio, the white and black crappie are called "crop-pea." Mosey on down to southern Ohio ...

Ahh, April is here! Yes! Time for a man’s thought to turn to all kinds of cool things. Stuff like … mowing grass, prepping those flower beds and spring time chores. Baseball and fragrances of all ...

Presentations for spring crappie fishing should be relatively simple. Follow the K.I.S.S. principle: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Have you ever watched crappies in an aquarium? Pay special attention at ...

ERSKINE, Minn. – The seeds for this little adventure had been planted a couple of days earlier in a late-night text message. “Whatcha doing Tuesday?” it read. “It’s going to be 70 degrees and windless ...

For those us who remember when crappie — or as I grew up with calico bass — fishing in the spring was a sure sign that the dog days of summer were just around the corner. The bucket filled with these ...

May 2—Conservation officer Darrin Kittelson (International Falls 1) reports the sturgeon keep season on the Rainy River is fully underway with many people attempting to catch a monster pre-historic ...

Crappie fishing is a signal spring is upon us. When “slabs," as big crappie are called, are found close to shore, you should also expect turkeys gobbling and morel mushrooms popping. I’ve often said ...

Chautauqua Lake offers two sub-species of the Promoxis — the Promoxis niromaculatus (black crappie) and Promoxis (the white crappie). Now, back in the day, we called crappie, calico bass, when in ...