A 35-year-old Iowa angler who took a church youth group ice fishing on Super Bowl Sunday has been awarded a state record for his catch of a nearly 4-pound black crappie.

Despite what the name suggests, Micaiah Thompson's state record-breaking fish was anything but crappy. Thompson landed a 17.8-inch, 3.95-pound black crappie at Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County on ...

Micaiah Thompson and his friend took a group of kids ice fishing on a small Iowa lake, where he caught a state-record black crappie.

'The annual Murphy Lake Pike Pull and what it represents is my kind of ice fishing contest,' writes columnist Tom Lounsbury.

Held at W hitney Point Lake, Crappie Derby welcomes anglers from all over the region for a day of competitive fishing for crappie and other species. The last time the event was held was in 2018.

For a crappie fisherman, Ross Gomez of Post is a pretty good bass fisherman. Who would not want his three best totaling 42.74? That’s an average of 14.25-pound per fish, […] ...

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The red bar on my flasher slowly, but steadily rose to meet the green bar representing my jig. I wiggled the jig tantalizingly, lifting and pulling away from the fish. The red bar moonlighting as a ...

It’s nearly mid-January (craziness). It’s so dark outside by 4 p.m. that most people are ready to go to bed. And the cold has returned after what felt like a tease of spring. You know what this ...

Beaver Lake: Black bass and crappie are biting as another fishing year begins. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers recommends trying for bass with jerk baits, crawdad-colored crank baits or ...

Snook fishing season closes from December 15 through January 31 to protect the fish during cold weather. Despite recent winds, anglers report excellent snook, flounder, and drum fishing in the Halifax ...