I hate to be a buzzkill, but I will never recommend anybody hit the ice for an ice fishing trip without knowing there is a ...

Ice fishing has a way of teaching patience. The other afternoon I was sitting in a fish house marking big bluegills that would stare for minutes on end at my offering and then slowly swim off ...

The trout we’re talking about aren’t the little ones swimming in the neighborhood stream. These are big, powerful fish that ... to approach the ice cap. Walk through any tackle shop in the ...

When the calendar clicks over the last day of the first month of the year, something magical happens. There are new ads in ...

How do you find lake ice that will support you? We talk about Potato Creek's ice, bait, necessary gear and two ice fishing derbies.

Winter fishing on our frozen waterways continues to be a fun challenge, much like 20, 30 and 40 years ago. The cold was more ...

Over the years I’ve repeated many times that my top bait for winter walleyes is a 3/8-ounce Buck-Shot Rattle Spoon, tipped ...

That is at a dam along the north shore of the lake’s western half, and it’s where the waterfowl tend to swim ... days of ice fishing. She and Kelley’s Bait and Tackle, which she ...

In the Northern states, this happens a month or so after ice- out or even ... with nearby dropoffs and slowly swim a small white or chartreuse twister jig. Fishing for Crappie When It’s ...

For years, ice ... the 13 Fishing Micro Magic Man are large, aggressive baits that most anglers would assume are too large for crappies. But these large-profile lures put out a tight swimming ...

Don’t hit the water for northerns without an arsenal of the best pike lures, picked by Outdoor Life's fishing editor.

We would frequently catch big pike on the same spots that we would find the walleyes. I would really start to target pike ...