While walking down the aisles recently of the local bait shop, I couldn’t help but be somewhat astonished by all the ice rod models available. This experience had me thinking back to my ice fishing ...

Since fish are cold-blooded creatures, colder water temperatures significantly slow their activity. Thick ice and snow cover reduces light penetration, which slows underwater photosynthesis, depleting ...

As we enter the last few weeks of winter, some anglers have already stowed their ice fishing gear and are preparing for open water. That may be a mistake, particularly for those anglers who enjoy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 21—The beauty of ice fishing — and a big reason for its ever-growing popularity, I suspect — is that it can be as simple or ...

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Ice anglers are enjoying the start to their season this month, taking advantage of early ice and finding willing fish. Minnesota remains the only state in the nation that allows its anglers to use ...

MADISON LAKE — It was a temporary town on ice, with a sea of people, cars and fish houses covering nearly every corner of Duck Lake — the venue for Saturday’s annual Mad Bobber Ice Fishing Contest, ...

Most ice anglers, of course, don’t go hog wild and buy everything at once but instead amass a collection of gear over time. A portable heater and a flasher unit, set up here during a December 2012 ice ...