Look to Lakes Bemidji, Plantanganet, Pimushe and Big Turtle. Crappies are now relating to the deeper cabbage and you’ll find ...

From Lake Erie's excellent action to Saginaw Bay's productive shallows, walleye anglers are experiencing some of the season's best fishing with multiple hotspots producing limits.

Ice anglers covet early and late ice, when fish are active. Some of the worst fishing occurs in late January and February, when the ice is thick and blanketed in snow. Sunlight can't penetrate.

Crappie are spawning and the fishing is good, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. A rise in lake level should provide good conditions for a successful crappie spawn, he said. Use minnows or jigs on ...