Martin added: “When ice fishing right now we are finding lots of crappie in 15-to-17-feet of water near wooden structures or other underwater aspects.

MDWFP hopes to maintain quality crappie fishing with reduced limits at Grenada and other North Mississippi lakes.

UP and Northern Michigan ice fishing more widespread, but thick ice elusive. Inland lakes seeing crappie, bluegills, bass, pike and walleye.

Those who like to fish from shore, whether it's the land next to lakes and rivers or the Great Lakes piers, represent a major chunk of the fishing crowd at this time of year.

Big fun on a small lake: Fall crappie excursion on Red Lake Nation waters serves up memorable fishing While all of Lower Red Lake and the tribal waters of Upper Red Lake are only open to enrolled ...