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Bill Ferris - Ice Fishing ExpertD&R Sports Center in Kalamazoo will host a two-day Ice Fishing Show at the Kalamazoo store Dec. 6-7.
Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Two of the Great Lakes top ice fishing experts, Chas Thompson and Bill Ferris, will present free workshops both days.
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Late Fall CrappiesNovember spurs thoughts of ice fishing, but plenty of fine open-water fishing remains for the faithful who see the season through to the end.
Take crappies, for example. One of the year's best bites is still firing on all cylinders, and promises stellar slabbin' right through freeze-up.
"It's undoubtedly worth getting your boat out a few more times to enjoy the late-fall crappie bite," says veteran guide and noted fishing authority Scott Glorvigen. "The fish are ganged up in predictable places, and ready to hit baits with a vengeance."
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By Nathaniel Myson
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Sit tight and wait for the fish to come to you or pick up and start drilling holes to go to the fish?If youre an ice-fisherman, youve almost certainly debated this question: Sit tight and wait for the fish to come to you or pick up and start drilling holes to go to the fish? Staying put may result in a day spent just out of the fishs range. Go mobile and you might leave just before the fish arrive.
If this indecision is bugging you, here are a couple guys who know a thing about staying or going, and their advice can help you make better fishing decisions on the ice.
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by Daniel Quade
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Catch More Crowded CrappiesVisions of icing slab crappies seldom include crowds of anglers. More often, sweet dreams of icy nirvana center on remote backcountry waters or hidden gems that somehow fly under the masses radar. However, while untapped fisheries can be dynamite, you can also enjoy banner catches on waters besieged by the bucket brigade.
Panfish fanatic Paul Fournier knows the drill. Years of practicing his craft on hard-hit lakes sprinkled across central Minnesotas Minneapolis-St. Paul megatropolis have left him well versed on tackling pressure-cooker crappies. His finely tuned tactics include a blend of pre-trip recon and refined fishing strategies to ice slabs that elude other anglers.
Start by doing your homework, so you know as much as possible about a lake before you get there, he said.
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By Nathan Shore
When ice fishing pressure peaks, anglers should tweak presentations to fool panfish.The depth finder reveals a pair of big crappies under the hole. Anxious to get the bait back down there, you let the spoon fall right to them
and they disappear.
It happens all the time. Dropping jigs and spoons too fast can spook bluegills, crappies, perch and other panfish. Using aggressive colors and tactics can spook em, too. We sometimes forget were sitting only a few feet over their heads, giving panfish every excuse to be skittish. Standing up, sitting down, scraping buckets on the ice, hovering over the hole, then allowing light to stream down there in a big beam its amazing we catch any at all.