Instead of watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 8, Micaiah Thompson reeled in a record-breaking black crappie. See how big ...

You’ll know crappie are biting on Lake Dardanelle when you see stationary boats in open water from the Interstate 40 bridges. For the next four months, you can enjoy some of the best fishing of the ...

Despite the bitter cold conditions of the past week, it’s not been a great season for ice fishing in Iowa. We’re a little over a third of the way through the winter and Iowa’s seen some wide ...

Fishing duo Cole and Jay experience real raw crappie fishing in a swamp. Video shows attack on Ilhan Omar during town hall Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 ...

Beaver Lake: Black bass and crappie are biting as another fishing year begins. Reese Jones at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers recommends trying for bass with jerk baits, crawdad-colored crank baits or ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) says it will release rainbow trout in nine locations across Iowa, including two spots in Siouxland. According to the Iowa DNR, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Unseasonably warm temperatures in the past few weeks have worsened ice quality in much of the state, the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Unseasonably warm temperatures have compromised ice quality south of Iowa Highway 3, making ice fishing unsafe in the area. “Ice fishing in central and southern Iowa, is not advised ...

Over 875,000 hunting and fishing licenses were sold last year, according to the 2025 State Fish and Game Protection Fund Report. Revenue from license fees goes into the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.

Iowa State Cyclones center Audi Crooks (55) shoots the ball during a game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday, December 10, 2025. The ...

Snook fishing season closes from December 15 through January 31 to protect the fish during cold weather. Despite recent winds, anglers report excellent snook, flounder, and drum fishing in the Halifax ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — TJ Erickson, Park Rapids educator, former guide and popular YouTube content creator, covers a variety of topics designed to help people learn more about some aspect of fishing.