A tip-up, also known as a fish trap, ice trap, or tilt, is a stationary device that suspends line and live bait under the ice. Once a fish takes the bait, the reel spins, and the angler is alerted of ...
I'm out here on Lake St. Clair jigging for yellow perch. I'm just outside of Mitchel's Bay on St. Lukes. This is a new body of water for me and they had installed a tree line along the ice to make it ...
Since fish are cold-blooded creatures, colder water temperatures significantly slow their activity. Thick ice and snow cover reduces light penetration, which slows underwater photosynthesis, depleting ...
The ice fishing season is here to stay. This season’s ice fishing season has been problematic with ice conditions varying considerably depending upon time and location. Many of those doubts should be ...
The next generation of Minnesota anglers took advantage of a warmer day on Rush Lake Saturday, marking the beginning of the end of ice fishing season. About 100 people dropped a line, many of them ...
CASCADE, Idaho — While many anglers hang up their poles when winter arrives and the lakes freeze over, Idaho's ice fishermen embrace the changing landscape and take to the solitary terrain for some of ...
Frosty hands, frozen water, and the inevitable sharp edges they create have always necessitated simple, streamlined, yet steadfast ice fishing reels. For over 20 years, I’ve trusted a quiver of ...
Unseasonably warm weather resulting in weakened ice could lead to an early end of the ice fishing season throughout Michigan. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has set dates for shanty ...