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 ...

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Today we're the only people ice fishing within sight in the middle of Lake Erie (it's beautiful). We're geared up with the ...

Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers in pursuit of perch, walleyes or crappies. But jigging is an exciting and ...

Every angler out there has a special place in their heart for a certain species, and if you grew up in the Northeast or Midwest, it’s likely to be the yellow perch. These hardy little fish are ...

Holdersonice.com tip-down ice fishing rod holders, which react to the slightest bite of any fish, helped catch this mess of perch and walleye, said inventor and owner Dwight Kurz, of Hackensack, Minn.

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 ...

The beauty of ice fishing – and a big reason for its ever-growing popularity, I suspect – is that it can be as simple or as sophisticated as an angler wants it to be. For entry-level anglers, ice ...

HACKENSACK, Minn. — In a sport that has exploded with expensive technology in recent decades, like $400 battery-operated augers, $4,000 electronic fish-finding video-like sonar systems and $40,000 ...

Ice anglers are enjoying the start to their season this month, taking advantage of early ice and finding willing fish. Minnesota remains the only state in the nation that allows its anglers to use ...

NORTHAMPTON — What many believed might be an extinct species made an appearance this week. Ice fishermen covered the open areas of the Oxbow in Northampton Sunday, enjoying enough ice on the water’s ...