The prestigious competition is in its 21st year and will be held for the first time in Michigan in mid-February.

USAngling is hosting the 2025 XXI World Ice Fishing Championship (WIFC) Feb. 11-16 on the 330-acre Tamarack Lake in Lakeview, ...

Vickie O’Malley Share Not sure why, but crappie caught ice fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Ken “Husker” O’Malley sent the photo at the top, taken by his wife ...

Remember how awesome the crappie fishing was during the spring? The fish were spawning, bunched in the shallows thicker than fleas on a hound. You were catching slabs off stake beds and brush ...

Gerardo Cortez Share Modesto Perez caught “a fine crappie” from a southern Forest Preserves of Cook County, messaged Larry Green. “Little honey hole that no one fishes,” he noted.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With widespread school closings in West Michigan this week, some districts have now seen a half dozen or more snow days this school year. Frigid wind chills and icy ...

The Crappie Derby is a major Southern Tier ice fishing competition held by the Whitney Point Sportsmens Association. The event is dependent on the cold weather and due to insufficient ice ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — While the snow eased up for much of West Michigan Wednesday, a few more inches in lakeshore counties led some districts to cancel school again for Thursday.

Water temp in the 40s. Fishing guide Reagan Nelson says bass fishing has been slow with the cold snap, not many anglers out. Fishing around grass beds in 5-10 feet with lipless cranks, Senkos and ...