Hello folks, the other day we went ice fishing on some local ice aiming to catch some bluegills and perch. We geared up with tiny hooks, tiny pieces of cut minnow, little jigging spoons, and even ...

When it comes to fishing sag-bellied jumbo perch through the ice, it’s best to have a bunch of different artificial and live bait on hand. Notorious for how finicky they can be, jumbo perch can easily ...

Chasing trophy catfish can be one of the most rewarding pursuits in all of ice fishing. These fish grow big—often topping 10 to 20 pounds. They fight hard, too, tougher than any bass, walleye, or ...

Today's episode we're finally out on the ice fishing for those lovely winter perch. We've got the boatless angler with us today along with the rest of the Thundermist crew. We're out in Lake Simcoe on ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The last few days of 2022 are proving to be a wild ride temperature-wise. A week ago, we had dangerously cold wind chills, and yesterday we had spring-like warmth. This could be ...

Much of the time, lures are designed with a specific application in mind. But sometimes we discover that some baits are multi-purpose. I was reminded of that on a recent fishing trip. I was sharing a ...

The cool weather we’ve been feeling in recent days reminds me that it’s time to get the ice-fishing baits ready to go. However, I won’t be using them for ice-fishing just yet. Many years ago, probably ...

In an effort to protect Maine’s precious and fabled salmonid fishery, the state has enacted sweeping changes and restrictions for ice fishing with live bait, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Most winter ...

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“I like eating fish a lot,” Cody Waldschmidt of Dowagiac says as he loads up in a parking lot to go ice fishing Monday night on Stone Lake in Cassopolis. “Fish caught through the ice tend to taste ...

Ice anglers no longer have to drain the water from their bait buckets when leaving the ice of the lake or river they're fishing, under rules recently clarified by the Minnesota Department of Natural ...