It was Dr Phil’s turn in the boat this morning and we had hopes of a double limit of crappie before all the trollers cleaned them out. Big grin. It took us 2 hours and 20 minutes to get the first limit and 2 hours and 30 minutes to get the ...

Jay W and I got on the water a little after noon and fished until 3:45 pm and landed 25 keeper sized crappie, 2 small largemouth bass, 2 yellow bass and one tiny Warmouth bass.

We fished shallow water and tightlined 1/24 oz jigs ...

Waited until almost noon to try those black fish again. Temps were still in the low 40's and about 10 mph winds. Couldn't fish where I did the other day due to wind so I had to hunt. I finally figured out that they had moved out over fairly ...

I had an absolute field day today. Stayed out for 12 hours because the fish were biting until about 4pm. Caught somewhere between 60-70 crappie and brought home 26 keepers. Caught these on underspins and a jig w/ pegged bobber. Between all ...

Had to reschedule trips last week due the weather. Cold and windy. I’ll go out there in it because I just hate myself and will put up with it. lol…. But I’m not for taking people out in those conditions. This is for fun for them and that’s ...

Got after it for a 12 hour marathon today. Bite wasn’t great, but I made it happen. Brought home 9 keepers, and threw back about the same amount of shorts. All caught on underspins and Monkey Milk. Lots of shorts caught on the ...

Illinois anglers in East North-Central United States like many of the northern crappie anglers normally enjoy a late spring. Prespawn crappie start making a move in April with the warming of water temperatures and head for the bank the start of May with water temperatures from 48- to 52-degrees. Illinois crappie fishing guide Matt England takes full advantage of these ...