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Northwest Wisconsin Fishing Report – January 16, 2023 – video
Lot of rain and lot of slush on the ice in this neck of the woods. So how’s that impacting the fishing?

5-year-old’s first time ice fishing always an adventure, even without a hot bite
On a recent afternoon, I was reminded young kids don’t have to catch fish to have fun ice fishing, as long as they have snacks and someone willing to build snow forts, throw snowballs at,

The six most common types of darkhouse spearers
Darkhouse spearing is one of winter’s most enjoyable activities. The silence, the darkness with just a green light glowing from a hole in the ice, and of course, the excitement of a big pike creeping

Bobber stops: an off-season DIY tackle project
If there’s one thing the Green Movement has right, it’s “reuse, reduce, recycle.” But in some ways, many anglers have been living by this slogan for decades.
Years ago, I discovered a great way

Smallmouth bass are an under-ice treasure
Even a smallmouth just a pound or two will bend a jigging stick in half and won’t give up after the first or second and sometimes third thumping run.
Their tenacity makes them plenty

Ohio anglers see some good bites before brief ice fishing window slams closed
Ohio anglers enjoyed a brief window of ice fishing during the last week and a half of December 2022 before warmer temperatures deteriorated ice conditions around the state.
Air temperatures in Central Ohio, for

Potential state record burbot landed in North Dakota
Shane Johnson had just one bite during five hours of fishing from the late evening of Jan. 3 to the early morning of Jan. 4.
But that one bite was taken by a

Passion for the outdoors proves to be in the blood of the Sparano family
As the years pass, Vin Sparano has become more and more convinced that hunting and fishing becomes a strong family tradition more than any other activity.

Illinois Outdoor News’ Catch of the Year: 140-pound paddlefish
An 8-pound largemouth bass from Crab Orchard Lake. A 4.8-pound crappie at Kinkaid Lake. A 51.75-inch muskie caught in northern Minnesota.
What would it take for a fish outside of the “cool species crowd”