Crappies, bluegills, and perch are perhaps the most widely pursued fish across the ice belt due to their excellent table fare and willingness to feed throughout the entire winter. Panfish can be caught through the ice in the small farm ponds in Iowa, in the immense lakes of Minnesota, along the vast shores of the Great Lakes, and almost everywhere …
Ice Fishing For Pike 101: How To Catch Northerns All Winter Long
Written By: Ben Patschull FishingImages: Bama Breeze Fishing Charters Winter can present a serious challenge for anglers in the Midwest who live for the fight of big freshwater fish. Panfish and trout anglers take to the ice with excitement for some of the best fishing action of the year. But for those anglers who spend their summers chasing catfish, muskies, …
Karl’s 2022 Ice Fishing Guide: All The Bait & Tackle You Need This Season
Karl’s Shop loaded up for the 2022 ice fishing season with some of the essential gear anglers will be looking for this hard water season. This list includes some of our favorite ice fishing items available today, from fishing rods to safety equipment. Get a headstart and gear up with these awesome deals: Ice Fishing Rods 13 Fishing Freefall Ghost …
Wisconsin Man Turns Porta-Potty Into Custom Crappie Ice Fishing Shack
“Welcome to the sh** show” hangs over the door of Jeremy Barnett’s custom ice fishing shack built from a used porta-potty toilet gifted to him by a friend. And when he shared his “Crappie Shack” to the Trick Your Trap Facebook group, it quickly became the #1 and #2 trending topic amongst the club of over 61 thousand ice anglers. Jeremy turned a sky blue …
How Christmas Trees Grow Big Fish And Help Save Lives
Tens of MILLIONS of Christmas trees will be burned, tossed to the curb, or repurposed in other ways after the holidays. However, some anglers are using old Christmas trees in clever ways. Here are two ways to repurpose Christmas trees that involves fishing: Dump ‘Em In The Lake (If You Can) The most popular way anglers reuse old Christmas trees …
Hardwater Hacks: How To Prepare For The Ice Fishing Season
By: Ben Patschull For anglers living above the ice belt, the earliest breath of winter air persuades many fishermen to exhume their ice fishing gear from its summer storage and begin preparing for the first inches of safe ice. Although the excitement for the upcoming winter season keeps many of us on the edge of our ice buckets, the journey …
My Five Ice Fishing Goals For The 2021 Hard Water Season
In the last week, the upper midwest was hit with its first snowfall of the season, which momentarily blanketed upstate New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, and other northern regions with a light dusting of fresh powder. While deer hunters were likely happy with this sudden change in the forecast, motorists like myself were less enthused. I spent my Saturday driving …
Greaser Fishing 101: How To Catch Burbot Through The Ice
By: Sam Sommerness Sam Sommerness is a Minnesota native, tournament angler, and ice fishing fanatic dialed on the burbot fishing scene in his home state. Since the birth of sportfishing in Minnesota, burbot have gotten a bad wrap, and because of this, most anglers prefer to target walleye, panfish, pike, or trout through the ice. However, there’s been a renaissance …
Blade Bait Fishing 101: Heavy Metal Bassin’
As the water begins to cool each year, those in the know pick up a blade bait. They are an old-school lure that is about as simple as you can get, a metal blade with a section of molded lead. You can go as basic as you want and stick with a generic gold or silver blade, or try a …
2 Anglers Step Onto Sketchy Ice And End Up Floating Down River
Officials on scene said the current was moving so slow, it was easy for rescue crew divers to rescue the men using a rapid deployable craft. The divers got the men off their mattress, which was on top of an ice sheet — and on to land. There were no injuries reported and both men were able to get to …
Alex Peric Goes Ice Fishing In Texas Live On An International News Station
Fisherman and YouTube personality Alex Peric took full advantage of the blistering cold that recently swept through the South by ice fishing in Texas! Alex, the owner of Frostbite Lures, spoke with the international media powerhouse known as the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) while ice fishing on a small lake near his Dallas area home. During the exchange, Alex addresses the unseasonable weather, …
4 Tips To Prevent Your Feet From Freezing This Winter
Once my toes get cold, there is a voice that pops in the back of my head with the sole intention of getting me to seek warmth. Quite honestly, the inner speech usually wins causing me to call my trip short and head back inside. Over the years, I’ve ever so slightly advanced my mental fortitude allowing me to stay …