Iowans can try their hand at fishing this weekend without having to buy a license. Joe Larscheid, the Iowa DNR fisheries bureau chief, says it’s a free fishing weekend, so folks can grab their best ...

Crawford Creek (Ida): Bluegill and crappie are fair to good drift fishing small jigs or leadheads tipped with a night crawler or wax worm in the middle of the lake. Brushy Creek (Webster): Bluegills ...

Last summer I finally got my butt in gear and rigged up an economical sit-on-top kayak to use just for small, flatwater environs that could put me on bass or panfish. Nothing special, no electronics, ...