Browsing: Panfish

When you walk through tackle stores or look online, there is no shortage of ice fishing jigs for panfish.  Here, we break down lure categories and highlight their strengths to help you make better buying decisions.

Anglers simply love crappie, and big crappie (fish over fourteen inches) are simply a special fish. In all our travels, we encounter a lot of different…

The complete list of the best ice fishing lures for jumbo perch. When breaking down perch water and choosing the best lures, there are a couple of things I look at that I believe are extremely important.

On so many natural lakes (particularly where there is good water visibility that typically creates lush stands of aquatic vegetation) crappie location at early ice is all about finding the best weeds. 

Regardless of whether you do a lot of ice fishing or are completely new to ice fishing… ice fishing bluegill is entertaining.  Abundant, relatively easy to find and great on the table, bluegills are one of the most popular species to target for many ice anglers in many states. 

Both bluegill and crappie often suspend or move out over deep water basins on many bodies of water each winter. Deep and basin are often relative…

Never say never and never say always with fishing but when it comes to catching big crappie through the ice, there are a few lessons that…

Ice anglers have long been infatuated with big jumbo perch and late ice is a prime window for targeting perch on a lot of different fisheries. …

Crappie inhabit so many different environments and ecosystems.  What has always made ice fishing so much fun for me is the simple fact that each body…

There are a variety of factors that influence the presentation and our overall mindset for catching panfish through the ice. Over the past fifteen years, there…