How Much of the Bottom Does My Fish Finder See While Ice Fishing?; Why Ciscoes are My Favorite Fish to Pull Through the Ice; and Why the Best Ice Fishing Is Where Other Anglers Won’t Go.

Tiger Slough is an underutilized ice fishing destination just off the Pend Oreille River and Highway 20 in Pend Oreille County. It is east of Colville and north of Metaline Falls. Ice anglers there ...

Ciscoes—also called tullibees—fight hard, school up, and bite all winter. Here’s why they’re my favorite fish to pull through ...

Though some open water existed only days ago, ice on Lake Erie as much as 8 inches thick and spreading was reported near shore.

Remote access, overlooked lakes, and subtle structure often hold untouched fish. Here’s why effort and distance matter more ...

Fishermen brought their best poles and heaters to win big for the 39th Annual Indian Lake Ice Fishing Derby.

Every angler out there has a special place in their heart for a certain species, and if you grew up in the Northeast or Midwest, it’s likely to be the yellow perch. These hardy little fish are ...

I always try to take a couple of winter trips to Big Stone Lake in western Minnesota because I rate this as one of the best ...

We’d been jigging spoons for five hours. We drilled through eight feet of ice to reach water. We had yet to get a bite. “It’s so peaceful out here,” my wife, Tiffany, whispered, not wanting to break ...

Arctic cold gripping the Lehigh Valley region means lakes and ponds are potentially freezing up sufficiently to permit ice fishing for a second straight winter. To help anglers get started, the ...

If you're an ice fishing fan like me, no doubt you count down the seconds until ice first locks up the underwater world. You'd rather stare down an 8-inch hole in the ice than at a 50-inch TV in your ...

As Central New Yorkers button up for the big freeze coming this way, ice anglers are rubbing their hands together in ...