Foolproof rigging tips for ice fishing with live bait – video
Site Staff
January 15, 2024
Get bit more often with these ice fishing set-line rigging tips.
Fishing
Wisconsin Fishing Report – January 8, 2024
Wisconsin DNR Reports
January 8, 2024
Heavier fishing pressure was occurring at dark and into the night here, with anecdotal reports of walleye being caught.
Ask a Fisheries Biologist: Lateral lines help fish capture prey when visibility is low
Max Wolter Wisconsin DNR Fish Biologist
January 8, 2024
If you look closely at the side of most freshwater fish, you will see one of their most unique sensory systems, the lateral line. This appears visually as a faint row running along the fish.
Next four Wisconsin Natural Resources Board appointees questioned by senators
Tim Eisele
January 7, 2024
Four new Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) appointees faced a series of challenging questions from the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage Dec. 19.
The four, Todd Ambs, Douglas Cox, Robin Schmidt,
New commercial baitfish harvest rules approved in Wisconsin
Tim Eisele
January 6, 2024
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved new rules that will apply to commercial harvesters of baitfish in 2024.
The rules, adopted at the board’s Dec. 13 meeting, apply to minnows, and other wild
Five essential minnow tricks for ice anglers – video
Site Staff
January 5, 2024
If you ice fish with minnows using set lines, whether that be on tip-ups, flag boards, rattle reels or deadsticks, this video is a must see.
Think structure for deep, hard-water walleyes
Glen Schmitt
January 5, 2024
Deep water is a relative term since it can vary from one system to the next. Deep might only be 15 feet on one lake, but as much as 30-plus on another.
Regardless, walleyes
Jeremy Smith: Use tools at your disposal to locate ‘in-between’ panfish this ice-fishing season
Jeremy Smith
January 4, 2024
Winter is here – officially, per the calendar, anyway.
It’s certainly been an interesting early season across much of the Midwest. Unseasonably warm weather patterns have resulted in limited ice-fishing options across much of
Top 10 hunting and fishing movies to watch during these long winter nights
Rob Drieslein
December 29, 2023
Selecting 10 top hunting and fishing films should be fun, right? Yet for the staff of Outdoor News, it was tougher than it sounds, because there are surprisingly few good ones.
Campy titles exist
