Who let the boats out? Its summertime with the youth out of school and holidays like the fourth of July boating traffic is at an all time high. For anglers boating traffic can turn off biting crappie quickly ending a fishing trip.


Lake Pickwick crappie pro Kevin McCarley noted that boating traffic has always increased during the summer months, but since COVID the number of boats and ...

I had to deliver some fuel for the gravel pit that I fish at this morning at 6:00. It was slightly overcast and the water was dead calm, just a beautiful morning. I couldn't help but think how much I'd rather be fishing instead of working. ...

Last week while fishing Chambers lake in PA from a small boat, I caught my first crappie. About 16.5" i got it on my fly rod. I've been fishing for 35 years, but just never targeted this species, and honestly I don't have a ton of experience ...

Michigan 2025 camp is in the books.


We had a great weekend of friends, fun and catching. Started the weekend with four boats hitting the lakes close to camp. The weather turned out cool and windy but the catching was fairly ...

The bite was pretty good overall fish seem to be in the 15-20 fow everything was caught on jigs from ol blue tackle paddle tail fry and there straight tail worked best for me June bug and monkey milk was the two dominant colors

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Okay, this is crazy. Crappie anglers have gone to sinking boats. While it seems a little crazy there is sound reasoning behind the technique.


First let’s start with sinking boats. Maybe, I should rephrase the sentence. Crappie angler fishing forward facing sonar are weighting their boats with water to slow down how fast they are moving by adding additional weight ...

As the title states, my son and I went fishing this afternoon pulling crankbaits. Despite the cooler temperatures, the water surface temp was still 76-78 degrees F, and I was seeing plenty of fish on the 8-14’ contours. While I also saw plenty ...