Rick Konakowitz has landed plenty of fish in his 25 years of ice fishing. But on Feb. 2, he pulled an especially unique crappie from Clear Lake, southwest of Minneapolis. “My first impression was that ...

Axel Angelow, an 8-year-old from Fairbault, Minnesota, caught a hefty black crappie while fishing with his dad, Ryan Angelow, on Cedar Lake in October 2024. The fish measured 18 inches and weighed 3 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- While the fishing opener really means the walleye opener, fishing guide Steve Carney suggests there is another way to extract fun -- wet a line in search of crappie. "I've been on ...

MINNETONKA, Minn. - It's the 49th year for the Minnesota Bound Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka. Anglers of all ages headed to Lord Fletchers on Lake Minnetonka on a perfect spring day to see who ...

A man has caught an "extremely rare" golden crappie fish on a lake in Minnesota. Rick Konakowitz snagged the unusually colored crappie while ice fishing on Clear Lake earlier this month, KSTP reported ...

A Minnesota man broke the state’s record for the largest black crappie ever caught and confirmed not once, but twice this spring. Nolan Sprengeler landed a 17.5-inch black crappie in May that was ...

Somebody get these guys a lottery ticket! Two anglers ice fishing a small lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota, landed a golden black crappie—a fish so rare and unusual they couldn’t believe their eyes.

Minnesota state parks are great places for beginning anglers to try a hand at catching fish. And because summer is on the way, it means there will be plenty of people racing to enjoy the outdoors and ...

A Minnesota man, Rick Konakowitz, caught a rare “golden crappie” during a recent ice-fishing trip. Provided by Rick Konakowitz. What’s a ”golden crappie?” Lifelong fisherman Rick Konakowitz wasn’t ...

Adam “Griff” Griffith can find and catch crappies. It could be on a clandestine backwater or hiding in plain sight in an urban lake, but make no mistake, the man finds and catches big fish. Making the ...