Fishing tips: Charge batteries and check over small engines to prepare for next ice angling season
Spend a little time now checking and maintaining ice fishing equipment to avoid damage and the need for costly repairs or replacements!
Ice Fishing
Ice fishing tip: Catching late-season crappies you didn’t know existed
Find lush, green cabbage and coontail vegetation during late ice, and high-rising, slab crappies and aggressive bluegills may be nearby.
Time to remove fish houses from inland lakes fast approaching
The deadline for anglers to remove fish houses from the ice on inland lakes in Minnesota is fast approaching. According to the DNR, removal dates are determined by an east-west line formed by U.S. Highway 10, east along Highway 34…
Ice-fishing tip: Knowing when not to practice catch-and-release
Releasing fish helps protect the resource… except when it kills even more fish
Aggressive crappies and sunfish through the hard water of March
As northern pike and walleye season wraps up on Minnesota’s inland waters, the author turns his focus to some of the best fishing of the year: late-ice panfish.
Ice fishing contest prize-winners cleared of fraud
BRAINERD, Minn. — Organizers of a Minnesota ice fishing tournament says an investigation into possible fraud has cleared three Ohio men who won prizes, including a pickup truck. Officials with the Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza say the three…
Managing sights and sounds during the heart of hard-water angling
Ice fishing during winter’s coldest days demands complete attention to detail to increase your hookset odds.
Brainerd ice-fishing tourney investigating 3 prize-winners
MINNEAPOLIS — Organizers of the Brainerd Jaycees are investigating whether some competitors in this year's $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza engaged in fraud. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports three of the 150 prize-winners in the Jan. 27 Gull Lake tournament –…
Super Bowl ice fishing – on a rooftop [video]
A Twin Cities TV station has taken ice fishing to new heights – as in on the station's rooftop – as part of the Super Bowl festivities this week in Minneapolis.
Ice fishing tips: To keep warm on the ice, stay cool first
Create better hard-water angling experiences and catch more fish by staying warm and extending your adventures on the ice!
Combining ice fishing, worthy causes
Brainerd Jaycees $150,000 Ice Fishing Extravaganza, Holes 4 Heroes metro series, Lake of the Woods memorial event scheduled next two Saturdays.
Large ice-fishing tournament a go this weekend
BRAINERD, Minn. — A huge annual ice-fishing contest in north-central Minnesota has been issued its event permit for this weekend. This year's contest will be held Saturday, Jan. 27. Late last week, the Brainerd Jaycees and the Crow Wing County…
Erie walleye fishing: The perfect (winter) storm?
Combination of first Erie December freeze-over since 2000 and a surging walleye population in the lake could make for a fishing season to remember. But with great ice-building weather comes First Day Hikes cancellations.
Ice fishing tip: Keep your lure moving and you’ll attract and catch more fish
Attract fish, then employ your sonar to determine the mood of the fish… and the presentation to prompt strikes.
Seven top questions (and answers) from the ice-fishing seminar season
With ice-fishing consumer sportshows in the rearview mirror, let’s tackle some excellent questions with answers that will improve your hard-water angling this winter.
Outdoor News' 'Tackle' Terry Tuma headlines honorees at St. Paul ice fishing show
The sport show formally dedicated this year's 25th anniversary show to Tuma, who’s been a featured seminar speaker at the event since its inception in 1992.
Survey: Walleye numbers down slightly from last year on Lake of the Woods; sauger numbers hold steady
Despite being down a bit, walleye numbers still higher than long-term average.
Bodies of ATV riders who went through the ice on Upper Red Lake identified
Two bodies that were recovered from Upper Red Lake on Monday have been identified. According to reports Tuesday afternoon, relatives and authorities identified the victims as Melissa Seidenstricker, 30, of Princeton and Zeth Knyphausen, 29, of Stacy. The two were riding an all-terrain…
North Country fishing: The aura of first ice
Crappies, big pike, and evening walleyes highlight the hard-water action of early December across the ice belt.
Outdoor News kicks off hard-water coverage across Great Lakes region
Plymouth, Minn. — With ice creeping in on shorelines across waterways in the Great Lakes states, Outdoor News has kicked off its annual ongoing coverage – tips, gear profiles, advice from the top names in the industry and more –…
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