Michigan Outdoor News fishing report — Jan. 13, 2023
Staff Report
January 13, 2023
The ice fishing season still is trying to find its groove.
Crappie
Illinois Outdoor News’ Catch of the Year: 140-pound paddlefish
Ralph Loos
January 13, 2023
An 8-pound largemouth bass from Crab Orchard Lake. A 4.8-pound crappie at Kinkaid Lake. A 51.75-inch muskie caught in northern Minnesota.
What would it take for a fish outside of the “cool species crowd”
Locate weeds during low light for panfish
Steve Carney
January 12, 2023
I began fishing for panfish in shallow water last winter, and this strategy has worked again this winter. I sort of happened upon this shallow pattern by accident and have since learned that crappies and
Wisconsin: Yellow Lake’s muskie population has trophy potential
DNR Report
January 12, 2023
Yellow Lake was surveyed in 2021 to assess the status of the fishery while conducting a population estimate for walleyes and index the catch rates of muskies, northern pike, largemouth bass, and panfish. There are
Illinois’ fishing & hunting report
Staff Report
January 12, 2023
Cold snap comes, goes – leaves a mixed bag of success behind around the state.
Old tricks still work on the ice
Vic Attardo
January 12, 2023
I learned ice fishing from old guys. I was a teen, and the old guys were in their 20s, maybe 30s. These guys, when they were younger, must have learned the trade from equally old
Channel catfish through ice a treat for Pistakee anglers in Illinois
Tim Bunton
January 12, 2023
Nippersink and Fox lakes to the north often are considered one and the same since they join. Nippersink contains 420 acres and is a connecting body of water between Fox, Grass, and Pistakee.
Mixed bags await anglers on Alpena’s Lake Besser
Bill Parker
January 12, 2023
Like most impoundments, Lake Besser features a mixed bag of game fish including both predators and panfish, along with an abundance of rough fish.
Pro Tip of the Week: Cribs can lead to strong ice fishing
Charlie Gierke
January 11, 2023
Cribs are wooden structures sunken and filled with brush by angling clubs to provide fish habitat, If the lake you’re fishing has cribs, you need to know it, because they can be dynamite for fishing..
