
Spring crappie locations: Understanding three key slab movements
Knowing how crappies move and adjust their habits during ice-out, pre-spawn and spawn will put more fillets in the frying pan.

Knowing how crappies move and adjust their habits during ice-out, pre-spawn and spawn will put more fillets in the frying pan.

Locate standing weeds in shallow water in late winter, and hungry panfish will be hanging out nearby.

Small spoons tipped with plastics, worms, or minnow heads and tails will attract more perch, crappies, and sunfish thus boosting your odds of catching more fish.

What do Junior Pro Team captains Tyler and Kyle Bahr pack when they head out for some hard-water angling? Find out what gear they use and simple tricks for ice fishing the early part of
It’s that time of year again, the leaves are falling and so are the temperatures. The lakes are cooling and that triggers a feeding frenzy. Want to find fish? Use your electronics to locate schools

Spring is a great time to target white or black crappies as they transition into shallow water around the weed lines.

Spring is a great time to target white or black crappies as they transition into shallow water around the weed lines.
Summer has ended, and falling water temps have activated a crappie feeding frenzy. First find fish, then dial in your presentation to catch a stringer of slab crappies. Locate suspended crappies with your electronics around

With water temps dropping, crappies are munching on minnows. Use your electronics to locate schools of suspended slabs, then find what triggers bites.
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