As temperatures drop, ice will eventually form on area lakes, bringing a smile to the faces of local anglers. The latest in ...

Ice fishing is a winter pastime throughout many northern communities. Once lakes, ponds, and backwaters freeze solid, anglers drill holes through the ice and present a mixture of live and artificial ...

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - As fall progresses, crappie fishing enthusiasts are finding success in the weeds in lakes like ...

The start of winter shouldn't dampen the amount of time you spend outside catching big fish. In fact, there's a hardy subset of anglers who are just getting started when the snow starts to fly and ...

Which ice fishing shelter is best? When the weather turns frigid and the wind begins to howl, it’s time for lake freeze-up and ice fishing. This pastime is made much more pleasurable when you can fish ...

BIG LAKE — The charcoal vista of the early morning was softening to gray as Jesse Cashin sat sidesaddle on his Arctic Cat snowmachine. Cashin had just used an auger to drill a hole in the ice atop ...

Even though it’s the heart of winter, ice anglers in most of the state are still waiting for safe ice conditions. “There’s no ice fishing right now. Everybody is pretty much steelhead fishing in the ...

Machias is known for its hub of surrounding lakes and rivers, and when the ice freezes over, ice fishing season begins. Plenty of students head out onto these frozen waters year after year, and this ...

We're ice fishing on Fort Peck, battling the elements and a slow bite in our portable shelter. After marking dozens of fish ...

Brad Lila of Hudson, Wisconsin, was ice fishing on the sprawling 132,000-acre Mille Lacs Lake on Jan. 22 when he caught, measured, and released a big northern pike. The Minnesota DNR has certified the ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A Middle Cormorant Lake man is lucky to be alive after his ATV went through the ice a few days before Christmas. Danny Erickson, an active 80-year-old, lost his way in dark, ...

Among the 500 anglers participating in a Manitoba ice-fishing derby last weekend were Theodore Muskego and his dad Glenn. They’d driven 500 miles to Cross Lake from their homes near the ...