We have come a long way with artificial fishing baits, and many of us rarely use live bait anymore for panfishing through the ice.
Plastics come in a variety of styles an colors, and
The cooling trend definitely has helped the ice and there’s plenty of fish being caught right now. The more stable the weather has been, the better the bite.
Patience on the ice doesn’t mean sitting blindly in one place all day. It means having a clear rule for when a spot is worth waiting on – and when it isn’t.
Suddenly, the ice you’re standing on makes a terrifying noise. It sounds like the snap of a rubber band magnified umpteen times.
A thin crack appears yards away. And before you can let out
Some big walleyes were caught this week, including a 32.5-inch giant. In addition to walleyes and saugers, anglers are catching jumbo perch, eelpout, northern pike, tullibees, and an occasional sturgeon while targeting walleyes.
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission stocked more than 1,000 rainbow trout at Locust Lake State Park in Schuylkill County Dec. 16 in one of its final trout stockings of 2025.
While most of
Minnesota’s early ice-fishing season so far has been rather lackluster. I’ve been fishing secondary spots close to shore while unable to get to some of the midlake structure that’s normally preferred.
Fishing near-shore breaklines
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is putting the finishing touches on a plan to stock adult yellow perch into Devils Lake next spring, an effort that local tourism officials and area fishing guides
Most fish are being caught in 23 to 28 feet of water.
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