The 2023/2024 ice fishing season was shorter than usual due to record warmth throughout much of the northern United States, but avid anglers still captured some amazing underwater video on their Aqua-Vu cameras.

During early spring, crappies will visit shallow-water wood and other cover well before spawning season to feed. Here’s how to capitalize on this brief window of opportunity.

Fish don’t always survive when you release them, and this is especially true when they come from deep water due to a condition called barotrauma.