These are our favorite lures, flies, and live bait options for catching giant bluegills and other panfish species.

check out our picks for the best crappie lures.) As the water gets warm, crappie will keep pushing into shallower water. When your gauge reads in the low to mid-50s, fish flats that are between 5 ...

For years, ice anglers were told they had to downsize to catch fish. Fish are cold blooded and their metabolism slows in winter, so we need to use tiny lures to catch these fickle feeders, we thought.

So, with that in mind, what is the best bait to use when freshwater fishing? That ... walleye, and crappie. Anglers wanting to use minnows as bait can catch their own in a minnow trap or cast ...