It’s no secret that using the best ice fishing line is critical for any setup. Whether it’s jigging for panfish or using tip-ups for pike, the cold water and hostile environment will push your line to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dean Baragary (left) of Monti and Mike Stafford of Winthrop jig for walleye and sauger on Jan. 25 in the heated comfort of a Lake of the Woods ice fishing shack. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo ...

Today's episode we're finally out on the ice fishing for those lovely winter perch. We've got the boatless angler with us ...

We’d been jigging spoons for five hours. We drilled through eight feet of ice to reach water. We had yet to get a bite. “It’s so peaceful out here,” my wife, Tiffany, whispered, not wanting to break ...

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 ...