There’s been a hot bite but when you finally hit the ice, the weather changes and the action tanks. Pay attention to tiny details, and you’ll salvage your trip by tricking a few fish into biting.Â
Species- and technique-specific rods can give you a real advantage out on the ice.
Use electronics to scan steep breaks to locate baitfish and predators, then make sure to follow them as they switch depths during changing light conditions.Â
With water temps dropping, crappies are munching on minnows. Use your electronics to locate schools of suspended slabs, then find what triggers bites.
Put away the bobbers and use your electronics to locate the big bluegills of late summer
Spend a little time now checking and maintaining ice fishing equipment to avoid damage and the need for costly repairs or replacements!
To put more fish in the boat this spring, use electronics and switch tactics until you identify a hot technique
Find lush, green cabbage and coontail vegetation during late ice, and high-rising, slab crappies and aggressive bluegills may be nearby.
Releasing fish helps protect the resource… except when it kills even more fish
Create better hard-water angling experiences and catch more fish by staying warm and extending your adventures on the ice!
Attract fish, then employ your sonar to determine the mood of the fish… and the presentation to prompt strikes.
First ice is approaching fast. Much of the ice belt awaits walkable ice, though some northern lakes have capped over with enough hard water to venture out.Â
Finding walleyes and crappies can be simple if you locate their primary food source in fall: schools of baitfish.
For more success when ice appears this fall, test your sonar, GPS, and other ice fishing gadgets now – during the off season.
Versatile fishing methods will entertain you by putting more fish in the boat and help you determine what the next bite will produce.
Use electronics to locate panfish in deeper water during the warmer months of July and August.
Troll spinner rigs farther away from the boat to hook more walleyes when fishing in clear, shallow water.
Use your electronics to locate and catch spring crappies before they move into shallow water areas.
Got open-water fishing fever? Grab some live bait, and set the hook into massive common carp, suckers and catfish.
Underwater cameras will truly open up the hard-water angling world and help you put more fish topside
Hard water angling requires working, efficient tackle, so reward yourself with more productive ice fishing by keeping gear properly organized.
Make contact with more hard-water walleyes via large, noisy baits to attract them.
Safety! Safety! Safety! Ensure that you’ll enjoy the great outdoors for years to come by taking proper hard-water precautions with this essential gear.
Use electronics to locate schools of baitfish and find predatory walleyes nearby post turnover
Use your electronics to identify fruitless water and then locate active fish.
Preventative maintenance on ice fishing gear makes for faster preparation, and it could save you a ton of money!
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