All about ice
Understanding winter’s magic carpet
Ice Fishing
Monitoring and catching ice walleyes during a dusky bite
Employ this hard-water strategy with an angling partner during the mid-ice period unfolding right now.
State of ice: Tale of two halves
While ice conditions continue to improve across northern Minnesota, providing plenty of fishing opportunities, ice depths continue to lag well behind schedule in other parts of the state.
Fishing tip: Dead-sticking vs. a set line… there’s a difference!
Employ the correct technique with these fishing tactics for walleyes, pike, sunfish and crappies to produce more action and fillets via hard-water angling
Top ice tips from the region’s angling experts
The lack of hard water has delayed the 2015-16 ice fishing season, but don’t worry, there will be ice!
Bad behavior leads to ice fishing closure
Camp Perry won’t allow it this year
Ice fishing 2015-16: thoughts on preparing for first ice
Replace fishing line, scour the tackle box, buy new lures, and fire up that gas auger right now!
Required for ice anglers: patience
A year ago, it was a nice, smooth transition from the end of the firearms deer season to ice fishing.
Preseason preparation tips for the upcoming ice fishing season
Shelters, clothing, rods, reels, tackle, and more. Time to prepare for the hard-water fishing season.
Winter walleye season on tap for anglers at Mille Lacs
For now, some of the anxiety regarding walleye fishing on Lake Mille Lacs has been alleviated.
Spring break? Who needs it?
While some folks head south for spring break, many Michiganders stay home for a last shot at fishing, hunting or trapping.
In many parts of state, ice anglers experience a quick end to season
Last week’s unseasonably warm weather brought a quick end to most ice-fishing opportunities in the southern half of the state. But to the north, the shorelines and main-lake ice have held up well, likely allowing at least a couple more weekends of fishing.
Properly store your ice fishing electronics, shelters, clothing, augers and more…
Take the time now to properly store your ice gear to make it easier to prepare for next years hard-water season.
Structure and top colors for super-late ice season crappies and bluegills [Video]
With the end of hard water looming, “T3” catches an impressive mixed bag of panfish during the glorious warm-weather days of mid-March
Ice angling boot camp: 90 seconds with Dave Genz
You’ll learn more about ice fishing in 1.5 minutes with the godfather of modern ice fishing than the school of hard knocks can teach you in weeks.
Lake Erie 2015 ice fishing still going strong
When the ice fishing first got going on Lake Erie, Catawba Island State Park and Camp Perry were about the only access sites to get onto the lake.
Youth and hard water: Tips for taking kids ice fishing
Youngsters naturally love to crank up fish. Keep it enjoyable and you’ll help build the next generation of anglers, plus a fishing buddy for life.
Catching fish when others can't: Mastering Midwinter Mind Games
It’s midwinter, and we all know what that means. Fish are lethargic and you’re in a bad mood
Bluegill size exposed! (Via your ice fishing spring bobber)
Watch your ice rod’s spring bobber to determine the weight of those sunfish nipping at your ice fishing bait
Pike takes $10,000 at second Ice Castle Classic [Video]
The Second Annual Ice Castle Classic on Lac qui Parle Lake couldn’t have been much more different this year than the inaugural first year of the ice fishing tournament last year.
Ice fishing tips: Refining your jigging techniques for light-biting crappies and sunfish
Catch more fish with the right bait or lure, then know how to identify the slightest of bites.
A multi-species approach to mid- and late-ice fishing season locations
Walleyes, bluegills, crappies, and pike face similar constraints as the mid-ice season of February unfolds
Arctic blast has anglers walking on water
Safe ice arrives after slow start
Winter fun for kids? There's an app for that, and it's called ice fishing
When it comes to taking kids ice fishing, who better to ask for advice about doing it than kids themselves?
More restrictive walleye regulations for Upper Red Lake take effect Jan. 23
Upper Red Lake walleye fishing has been hot this winter, prompting the DNR to reduce the bag limit.
When panfish behave badly
A common mistake some anglers make is thinking the world below the ice is static and that nothing changes.
