We’re still finding some diverse bites on many area lakes and rivers. From trolling, jigging, casting and set-lines, anglers can now pick their favorite method and probably have success. Soon enough ...

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.

One of the best ways to catch fish, for the next few months especially but even year-round, is with the old standard shad dart and minnow below a float. I caught my largest pond pickerel, weighing ...

Where you should go:The Mud Hole is hosting good quantities of mackerel. What you should use: Mackerel jigging rigs. Why today is a good day for this: It probably isn't if the northwest winds continue ...

Where you should go: The Farms was good for large mackerel on Sunday. What you should use: Mackrerel jigging rigs. Why today is a good day for this: It probably won't be. The wind forecast isn't ...