Today’s Panfish Trends
by Jason Mitchell There is always an increased level of intensity whenever you are fishing for your next meal. When...
Spring Crappies: Key Locations & Strategies
Spring crappies are on the top of many people's list in the spring. In fact, panfish continually rank as one of the...
Early Season Perch
Early season perch patrol is one of the first things I do after the lakes open back up after a long winter in the nor...
9 BEST Crappie Lakes in the Upper Midwest
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Backwater Crappies – An Autumn River Bonanza
Recently, we published an article on fall crappies in lakes and reservoirs, stating how the fish dropped to middepth ...
Targeting Big Bluegills
We are on the hunt targeting big Bluegills. The key is to stay mobile and utilize your electronics. We have been mess...
Jumbo Perch In Fall
Jumbo Perch In Fall, known regionally as “jumbos,” are popular ice-fishing targets throughout the winter months. ...
Fall Crappie Fishing — Tips & Techniques
As we approach another change in season, another change in fall crappie patterns follows. Crappies are often revered ...
Top 3 Crappie Spawning Areas
Channels, bays and shallow main-lake areas with the right depth and bottom content all host crappie spawning–ye...
Mobile Tactics for Prespawn Crappies
Crappies waiting to move shallow in spring often relate to weedgrowth at the mouths of spawning bays. Cast and swim s...
What’s Happening to Bluegills???
What’s happening to bluegills? Bluegill fishing has changed over the decades as the body count of big bluegills har...
3 Key Cover Types for Early Season Crappies
What is the key to finding early season crappies? In the big picture, it may seem simple: shallow bays and channels t...
Fixed Float vs Slip Float
When it comes to panfish that are in a neutral or negative mood so often we need to fish with a float and that's simply because there's no better way to keep a bait motionless in front of those fish in order to trigger a strike. There are two primary types of floats....
Corking Crappies
One of my favorite things to do in springtime following ice out is corking for crappies. During the spring schools of crappies make a push towards the shallow in anticipation of the spawn. These panfish tend to favor areas with good weed growth during the beginning of...
Finding Crappies with Side Imaging
The early season pre-spawn movement of crappies into the shallows is highly anticipated by many anglers and for good reason. Under ideal conditions large schools of crappies will concentrate in relatively small areas, but as every angler knows spring weather can be...
Sight Fishing for Spring Crappies
Now is as good of time as any to head up into the shallows and start sight fishing for spring crappies. Tony Roach does a great job breaking down this bite. This bites typically happens on those really warm spring days after a cold front and those fish will push up...
Minnesota’s Quality Bluegill Initiative
One way that we've been able to maintain quality in our bluegill populations is through the use of reduced bag limits. Starting in 2020 and 2021 people will be hearing about the quality bluegill initiative. Traditionally we've had about 60 lakes in the state that have...
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