It's amazing. You think you've seen everything in ice-fishing, but manufacturers keep coming up with innovations to make life on the ice easier, more practical or more effective. Or just to entice us ...

Trever Miller, VP of sales for Eskimo and ION, demonstrates how the ION battery-powered ice auger works.

GRAND FORKS – I wonder how many ice fishing enthusiasts out there have gas-powered ice augers gathering dust in their garages, sheds or wherever they store their fishing gear. Once a staple in the ...

I know in previous columns, I have discussed the new fad in cordless drill-powered ice augers fairly in depth. Technology is ever increasing regarding this matter. This really is a no-brainer decision ...

Zach Zech, left, and Keith Hoff, both of Eskimo/Ion ice fishing, prepare an ice auger for display for the Arrowhead Ice Fishing and Winter Show on Dec. 9, 2021. This year's show is Dec. 9-11 at the ...

Which ice-fishing auger is best? Even if you own the best ice-fishing gear on the planet, you won’t get very far without a high-quality ice-fishing auger. These essential tools drill through the ...

While many Minnesotans were huddled inside their homes over the holidays, hiding from subzero temperatures, ice fishing guru Steve Baumann had a crew on a frozen Twin Cities lake, boring practice ...

“Sit with your back to the wind,” My dad would say. I don’t have a lot of memories of ice fishing as a kid, but that was one of them. I was sitting on a five-gallon bucket, trying to tolerate the cold ...