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December 6, 2024

Stealth and caution are important on first ice; here’s what you’ll need for success

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, Michigan, National Fishing /

First ice typically provides some of the most consistent ice fishing of the year.
You can count on the fish being shallow, relating to weeds, or chasing baitfish. The only variable is ice thickness.
“Safety first,” says veteran ice angler and ice fishing spokesman Brian “Bro” Brosdahl. “The critical thing to remember is first ice is generally clear and strong, but inconsistent. For that reason, you need to be careful.”

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Winter project: An AR build on your own

Featured, Features, Hunting, National Hunting, Ohio /

The Armalite Rifle, our beloved AR platform, began as a modular concept in 1954. The company set out to produce something reliable and versatile. The concept revolutionized how we think about rifles. An AR could not be more practical for those who like to shoot rifles.
Buying a completed rifle was my first interest. There are a lot of parts, and a guaranteed learning curve. Buying a completed rifle would be the less expensive route. A build piece by piece is the most expensive way to go.

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Once safe ice has formed, the time to fish is immediately

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, Minnesota, National Fishing /

The early-ice period, shortly after freeze-up, is one of the most productive fishing times of the winter season. Green weeds are still producing oxygen, fish have ample food, and the thin ice makes it easy to drill a lot of holes quickly to find fish.
I used to mostly put my fishing rods away as soon as the early goose season opened in September. But each year, I fish more and more during the fall because the fishing is just that good.

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