Top baits for icing winter panfish
Get it going with spikes, maggots, plastics, mousies.
Get it going with spikes, maggots, plastics, mousies.
Get it going with spikes, maggots, plastics, mousies.
What happens when a bunch of bluegills and crappies invade the dead-end chutes at the local dam? You go wading in there and catch them with a fly rod.
How to know the difference between male and female bluegills – and why it’s important to know the difference. Video courtesy of Angling Buzz.
The numbers are what panfish anglers’ dreams are made of: a crappie measuring 17.75 inches, with a 15-inch girth, weighing just over 3 pounds. Panfish enthusiast Wyatt Williams caught – and released – that dream
There has been some warmer weather that came through, but ice conditions remain solid. We are still having a very good suspended crappie bite in basin areas with fish eating jigs tipped with plastics, spoons
It might seem counterintuitive to take a bait away from fish swimming below, but sometimes it’s what’s required to pique their interest.
Time to get after the panfish! The west metro bite has been really good for crappies with fish being caught in basin areas during the daytime and along breaklines and weedlines during lowlights periods. We
If you are going to fish deeper, get your limit of fish and then leave.
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