The scenario plays out each year—the days get longer, the air begins to warm and the water begins to flow. […]
Walleyes tend to slow down as the winter wears on and the oxygen content becomes scarce below the ice. That’s […]
Underwater, some pretty cool visuals produce compelling cause-effect scenarios, mostly unbeknownst to anglers. Like what happens when jaws snap and […]
Late ice might be one of the best periods of winter for finding crappies on predictable patterns. These locations can […]
As we get into the last weeks and days of ice fishing there is a phenomenon that occurs with panfish—we’re […]
March can be madness in more places than just on the basketball court. This can also happen on the lakes […]
It’s called the “one-two punch” when ice fishing—jigging one line and deadsticking, or, basically a live minnow under a bobber […]
As an outdoors enthusiast, I’m guilty of moving into the next season right away. Who can blame us? All the […]
We see it every winter. Somber news that a person has fallen through the ice and has become another fatality. […]
This winter, we’ve focused on what Dave Genz considers the keys to presenting a bait to fish under the ice. […]
So far, this has been the winter that has not really happened—with a vengeance. Sure, we had some real cold […]
Throughout the Midwest, we are blessed with good numbers of fishable waters. But Minnesota is special in that many people […]
We are working the mud flats. Yes—the mud flats in the area we are fishing is our best location and […]
Well we made it through the January sport show season, and it was great seeing you at all the shows […]
Mike’s float began to slowly sink in the ice hole as he reached for his ice rod. Fernando quickly bent […]
Catching anything but panfish on that first warm, late-winter/early spring day is all but impossible here in the Upper Midwest. […]
The first half of the winter along the southern shores of Lake Michigan can be described in two words: El […]
February on the Fox Chain is usually a little tougher. Thick ice (weather permitting) and fishing pressure will usually push […]
With an unseasonably warm December and days with above-average temperatures in January, ice fishing got a very late start. We […]
Before the run-and-gun crowd starts sneering and guffawing, hit the kill button on your augers long enough so you can […]
The cool winds of early January chilled my neck. At this moment, I wished for some type of windbreak. Before […]
One of the best perch lakes in Minnesota is Leech Lake, with its many bays, plentiful forage and wide variety […]
It is well known amongst ice anglers why March is such a great month. The days are longer, the sun […]
