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 ...

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 Stingnose and jigging for perch through the ice as I share a lot of ice ...

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Start your ice fishing adventure without breaking the bank. Here’s how to gear up and catch fish for less. If you're new to ice fishing, the amount of specialized gear some anglers use can be daunting ...

Burbot, also known as ling, are easily one of the most interesting fish that swim in U.S. lakes and rivers. If you’ve never heard of them, it might be because you’ve never caught one — even if they ...

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 ...

Most ice anglers, of course, don’t go hog wild and buy everything at once but instead amass a collection of gear over time. A portable heater and a flasher unit, set up here during a December 2012 ice ...