.....10.000 lakes and no you is fishing? That's a shame because the fishing has been great this spring and early summer.

Locally the crappies and panfish have been tearing things up between the reservoirs, lake and the Mississippi River's backwaters.

The sunfish have shifted on the river to the wing dams in some areas, slow to move yet in others.

Crappies on the big river can be found now along the deeper rip-rap and in sunken wood along the channel edges with moderate to light current. The rip-rap is always a good place to start.

Our local lake is handing out crappies tot hose who are drifting/slow-trolling but picking apart dead wood in the water and working dock areas where the water is a bit deeper will reward those nicely who put in the work.

I'd like to hear what the rest of the state has going on even if I don't fish those locations. Come on people, post up.