Rick Konakowitz has landed plenty of fish in his 25 years of ice fishing. But on Feb. 2, he pulled an especially unique crappie from Clear Lake, southwest of Minneapolis. “My first impression was that ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- While the fishing opener really means the walleye opener, fishing guide Steve Carney suggests there is another way to extract fun -- wet a line in search of crappie. "I've been on ...

Fish Minnesota’s Red Lake for fast walleye action plus overlooked trophy pike, big crappies, and quality perch. Learn tips, ...

MINNETONKA, Minn. - It's the 49th year for the Minnesota Bound Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka. Anglers of all ages headed to Lord Fletchers on Lake Minnetonka on a perfect spring day to see who ...

A man has caught an "extremely rare" golden crappie fish on a lake in Minnesota. Rick Konakowitz snagged the unusually colored crappie while ice fishing on Clear Lake earlier this month, KSTP reported ...

A Minnesota man broke the state’s record for the largest black crappie ever caught and confirmed not once, but twice this spring. Nolan Sprengeler landed a 17.5-inch black crappie in May that was ...

A Minnesota man, Rick Konakowitz, caught a rare “golden crappie” during a recent ice-fishing trip. Provided by Rick Konakowitz. What’s a ”golden crappie?” Lifelong fisherman Rick Konakowitz wasn’t ...

Minnesota state parks are great places for beginning anglers to try a hand at catching fish. And because summer is on the way, it means there will be plenty of people racing to enjoy the outdoors and ...

Find more photos of nice fish here. 1/31: Mason Jobin of Hermantown, 14, reeled in this 29-inch walleye on Lake Superior near Duluth recently. Contributed / James Addiction Charters 2/31: Elizabeth ...

Adam “Griff” Griffith can find and catch crappies. It could be on a clandestine backwater or hiding in plain sight in an urban lake, but make no mistake, the man finds and catches big fish. Making the ...

A city just a short drive away from hundreds of lakes in central Minnesota is one of the country's best destinations for ice ...