River backwaters offer safe ice and predictable winter habitat. Learn how to locate, fish, and stay safe while ice fishing for slab crappies.

The Muddy Midwinter Perch Pattern Most Ice Anglers Miss; How Much of the Bottom Does My Fish Finder See While Ice Fishing?; ...

Tyler — SLOW. Water normal stain; 55 degrees; 1.16 feet below pool. Crappie are slow with fish scattered on brush piles and roaming in 20-30 feet of water with minnows. Catfish are slow caught in 20 ...

The day was pleasantly mild — a continuation of a somewhat stable weather pattern, a rarity this spring. Slowly cruising at little more than a trolling pace, I inspected various brush piles scattered ...

LAKE FORK — We watched with amazement at the parade of bass boats, back and forth along the main lake boat lanes. There was easily more traffic on the water than on nearby Highway 154. With rooster ...

When late autumn winds were putting a chill on Truman Lake, Missouri Department of Conservation Fisheries Management Biologist Chris Brooke and assistants were counting and measuring hundreds of ...

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Sep. 23—As summer fades into the crisp embrace of autumn, anglers across the region eagerly prepare for one of the most rewarding fishing seasons of the year. At Pymatuning Lake, a renowned fishing ...

So, what about a Christmas crappie? Those are two words that don’t necessarily go together for a lot of fishermen, and that’s a shame, because the serious anglers among us have learned that there are ...