Jason Sealock shows off a heavy haul of fall crappies on Kentucky Lake. Where I live in the Northeast, crappie fishing is primarily a spring thing. Come April, coves will be ringed with anglers, but ...

Crappie fishing on Birch Lake near Babbitt started off "really hard and heavy," said Theresa Miller of Just Bite Me Miller's Bait in Babbitt. "It was awesome," Miller said. "It's slowed down a bit ...