Tip-ups are a low-tech – but effective – tool for catching pike and walleyes under the ice. Here are the finer points of these simple setups.

Choosing fishing line seems simple, but it’s one of the easiest places to sabotage your catch rate without realizing it. The wrong line can dull your lure action, make fish wary, or fail the moment ...

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.

Love it or hate it, technology is becoming increasingly intertwined with the outdoors, especially fish finders. Long gone are the days of putting around a lake and looking for clues as to where the ...

The regional trail guides provide maps and information on stocked fish species and facilities. Young fish (fingerlings) are introduced into private waterways to enhance fisheries and assist with ...