
If you build it (an ice road), they will come
A closed border motivated the Northwest Angle community to create a first-ever guest ice road.

A closed border motivated the Northwest Angle community to create a first-ever guest ice road.

The worst thing about winter angling is not marking fish on the electronics. The second-worst thing is seeing lots of fish but not being able to convince them to bite.

Just exercise caution and follow these simple safety procedures to help keep you from becoming a statistic.

Public kept off of public waters – it’s still happening. Wake up, anglers. Wake up, DNR. Wake up, legislators. And wake up, Gov. Tim Walz.


But there’s a fine line between the fishing benefits of using such a system or not.

Testing inflatable kayaks in Florida, the author believes the popular watercraft have entered a whole new realm in 2021.

If winter temperatures stay low during the next couple of months, lake ice should get stronger, but as is always the case, assume there is some bad ice lurking somewhere out there.

Spence Petros is the best fisherman in the State of Illinois.
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