Remember how awesome the crappie fishing was during the spring? The fish were spawning, bunched in the shallows thicker than fleas on a hound. You were catching slabs off stake beds and brush ...

Axel Angelow, an 8-year-old from Fairbault, Minnesota, caught a hefty black crappie while fishing with his dad, Ryan Angelow, on Cedar Lake in October 2024. The fish measured 18 inches and weighed 3 ...

“We never thought about it being a record fish, but we knew it was a big crappie,” Teresa says. “We put it in a bucket with water and went back to fishing. But pretty soon, we decided to leave. We ...

The individual admitted to returning to the boat ramp earlier in the day to drop off the first 37 crappie before heading back out to continue fishing. The daily limit for Crappie is 20 per person ...

Matt Campbell and Iowa State football ended the year ranked 15th in the final AP Poll. / Jerome Miron-Imagn Images For the first time since the 2020 season, Iowa State is ranked in the final ...

which are what folks north of Lookout Mountain call crappie. The annual Berkeley LaBaw Memorial Speck Fishing Tournament is fast approaching — next weekend, Feb. 8-9 — with two launch sites ...

Another year of fishing has gone by. As I look back on the past fishing season, I can’t help but remember other past fishing seasons. Many, many past fishing seasons. As I remember those days ...

Twelve Mile Lake/Creek is located in southwest Iowa and has been a favorite for late-season bluegill, crappie, and walleye ...

Here is this week’s Iowa DNR Fishing Report for our area, as released Thursday afternoon, February 6th. East Okoboji ...

Iowa lost providers after costly storms like the 2020 derecho. According to the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, severe weather events cause more than $11 billion in damage. But wildfires ...