When crappies turn finicky, small adjustments make a big difference. These five ice fishing moves help turn follows into solid bites.

1. In Lakeland, the speck bite has been good despite the weather. Lakes Crago, Mattie and Juliana have been hot spots with with some weighing more than 2 pounds off the grass shrimp jig and minnows.

When midwinter fishing slows down, trout stay aggressive. Learn where to find them and the best lures to catch trout through ...

1 Around Lakeland, at Saddle Creek, decent numbers of bass are biting around the park on plastic ribbon tail worms and live shiners. A few bluegill are also biting on red worms and crickets. Red worms ...

1 Around Lakeland, frog baits and live shiners are producing good numbers of bass at Saddle Creek Park and big bass up to 8 pounds at Tenoroc. Bitter’s Magic Wand plastic worms in Candybug gold color ...

Largemouth Bass – Extreme, sustained hot weather has water temps very high, but the bass bite is still decent both early and late in the day or around deep-water holes or structure. 1 At Saddle Creek, ...

, spotted, and even some smallmouth bass become susceptible to these chunks of metal as fish move offshore and look for a reprieve in cooler, deeper waters. Here, schools of bass will group up on ...