I've seen minnow, particularly golden shiners, go belly up when they go from warm to cold water. Particularly when fishing for pike ... my holes and when there's patchy snow on the ice, I like to pop ...

While other ice-fishing strategies force an ice angler to ... As a fish takes the bait and turns the reel, the shaft spins, and the flag pops up to let the angler know a fish is on.

World Ice Fishing Championship concluded Sunday, bringing a wave of excitement to the small town of Lakeview, which has a ...

Ice fishing boots—next to reels or gloves ... Spin the ratchet knob and the boot tightens evenly; pop the knob out and it loosens up quickly. Another unique feature is the interchangeable ...

Mention the term bob house and the response is always the same, whether fisherman or anyone else. Smiles, fishing stories and ...

The Southeast Sportsmen’s Club in Hegewisch moved its ice fishing tournament to January, attracting some 140 people to Wolf Lake.

Ice is rebuilding to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; though the forecast snow could alter conditions ...

On Saturday, the Saginaw River under I-675 was frozen over with ice around 8 to 10 inches thick - prime conditions for grabbing your auger, drilling a fishing hole, and bundling up inside a shanty ...

We drilled through eight feet of ice ... grew up in western Oregon, lived a semi-subsistence lifestyle in Alaska’s Arctic, and has traveled to more than 40 countries. Today cott spends more than 200 ...

Sarkan’s ice fishing experiences are still growing but he has recently been to Hayward, Eagle River and Sturgeon Bay, all in Wisconsin. “I’ve found that the quality of fish up north is often ...

Tip-up fishing isn't complicated ... but I still like to cover my holes and when there's patchy snow on the ice, I like to pop the holes in the snow, rather than on glare ice.