Skiers and snowmobile riders may lament winter’s tardiness, but the balmy conditions have been a boon for steelhead anglers.

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

We're on the Niagara River fishing for Lake Trout and Brown Trout! I'm geared up with Stingnose Peanut Bunker jigging spoon tipped with an eye drop (the eyeball bait). It was an incredible day fishing ...