RAMSEY, Minn. — A small minnow suspended beneath a float is a standard crappie offering across the Upper Midwest. Similarly, many bluegill anglers rarely use anything other than a small jig tipped ...

The first time I remember using a small jigging spoon for panfish was a dozen years ago. Local guide Josh Hagemeister and I were fishing a very deep hole on Clearwater Lake for crappies. The slim ...

For nearly the past 20 years I have made a concerted effort to try to find, and catch, open-water panfish in the middle of the winter, when almost everybody else had reclined to college basketball, ...

Hello folks, the other day we went ice fishing on some local ice aiming to catch some bluegills and perch. We geared up with tiny hooks, tiny pieces of cut minnow, little jigging spoons, and even ...

Every winter, I have the opportunity to take anglers fishing that have had little experience on the ice. Although I am not a super expert on the ice, I do catch my share of panfish and enjoy teaching ...

CarlsonCol.jpg Quality, midday panfish can offer winter entertainment for hard water anglers. Over the years, I have had many people ask me why I prefer to chase panfish during the hard water season.

A quick glance at the forecast for the coming week made it pretty clear. Today. Have to fish today. Monday. After that day all of the little boxes had snowflakes and wind. So today. Testing the old ...

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to ...

In early winter, finding crappies is as easy as finding green aquatic vegetation. Big slabs will be right up in the greenery, ...

Jud Kratzer, a fisheries biologist with Vermont Fish & Wildlife, said the panfish catch limits will help to protect species.