Do not be misled. Temptation can be overwhelming on these fifty-degree bright-sunshine days as we impatiently wait for the next storm front to roll in, one less maelstrom to weather as farm ponds ...

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.

All fish are predators, but northern pike come dressed for the part—needle teeth, vacant eyes, thick slime, serpentine shape—which is part of what make pike fishing so much fun. Their primeval ...