Ice Fishing

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  Pike like to eat. Therefore they spend most of their time on major ­food-gathering areas, which for the most…»

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It’s a tradition at In-Fisherman for a group of us to head north into Northwest Ontario to greet the January…»

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The more time spent ice fishing, the more likely we begin to use certain lures and lure pres­entations to the…»

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BY: Matt Straw and Dave Genz The ides of December can be different every year. Miles of black ice without…»

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Twenty years ago, ice fishing veterans would have scoffed at the proliferation of dainty, gaudy, lil’ panfish toys we have…»

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Understanding Suspended Crappies By : Gord Pyzer Many anglers panic when they find fish suspended off the bottom. That is…»

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With the jig working near bottom, a fish suddenly appears on the flasher screen five feet up. Quickly ripping the…»

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John Paulson demonstrates how crazy the weather’s been up here. T-shirts and jeans are not normal ice-fishing attire for the…»

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Burbot, also often reffered to as eelpout, are not a very respected fish and are often times coined as an…»

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By: In-Fisherman In-Fisherman Editor In Chief Doug Stange has, while filming Ice Fishing Guide TV, spent at least 40 days…»

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How they bitin’?” called the driver of an ATV as he hitched a portable ice shelter to the back of…»

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  It’s ICAST, the fishing industry’s annual big tackle show, 2011, and I’m sitting across a table from two Latvians…»

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  Bottom of the fourth, no score. Tip-up on the mound with Petrowske on first. Check that. He’s on his…»

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  They never cease to amaze. Not walleyes, but the walleye anglers who desperately seek to pigeonhole their favorite fish.…»

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Without a doubt, at certain times of the year and situations, carp are a definite option on ice.

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Bold is better than bashful when it comes to the use of livebait to tempt big walleyes. I use a…»

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Just as during the open-water season, current provides food, oxygen, and defines movement routes for winter trout. Steelheads and browns…»

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It isn’t quite Ice Road Truckers in action, but being on the road for 40 days last winter, traveling to…»

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For paradise on ice, few scenarios beat having a sizeable slice of some remote, fish-laden water all to yourself. But…»

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I love to fish deadbaits below tip-ups and I have caught my biggest pike using that approach. But some great…»

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Alchemy was, most famously, all about turning lead to gold. During the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment, it was…»

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In today’s age of new-wave ice fishing tactics, sometimes going old school is the best way to fill a bucket.…»

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My best day ever for crappies is etched in memory, in part because it was an April Fool’s Day, now…»