Jan. 10—Trout fishing has been active in the area. Crappies have also recently been hitting on hair jigs. While the bite for crappie has been hard the finesse presentation of hair jigs have broken ...

When a person goes fishing, there are several decisions that need to be made. Where to go, when to go, who to go with, those thoughts all enter the picture. Then when we arrive at the body of water ...

Tyler — GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 1.62 feet below pool. Bream are slow on red worms throughout the lake. Channel catfish are good on cut bait and nightcrawlers in 6-8 feet of water. Blue ...

What makes a good jig? Honestly, it’s not that complicated. The two main considerations are size and color. For size, I’ll use anything from a 1/8 ounce to micro jigs that are 1/64 or even 1/80 ounce.

Ice fishing for panfish is wildly popular, thanks to the accessibility of the species and the action-packed experience they provide. If you want to hit the ice for crappie, bluegill, or perch, you’ll ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Tyler — GOOD. Water normal stain; 91 degrees; 0.34 feet below pool. Summer fishing patterns are holding steady. Night fishing is good for catfish and crappie in the lights. Crappie are good using ...