I love to ice fish but only the hottest bites will keep me on the ice if my hands get too cold.  Every ice angler knows that numb fingers make for a long day on the ice.  Not to mention, it’s nearly impossible to bait a hook or tie a […]

You would be hard pressed to find a more effective or widely used fishing bait than worms.  Spring through Autumn, both nightcrawlers and red wigglers help anglers catch boat loads of fish.   So why then, does it seem like crawlers and red worms get the boot come ice fishing […]

Anglers new to the sport of ice fishing often see the stubby little ice rods as somewhat silly.  Ice fishing rods may be short but they are fish catching machines designed with functionality in mind. While conventional fishing rods are usually 6 or 7 feet in length, an ice fishing […]

When you get really deep into ice fishing, it doesn’t take long to realize that 10 percent of anglers pull out 90 percent of the fish.   That’s exactly how I felt one day on the ice when all around me folks were yanking up fat perch and there I […]

The first frosty mornings of late fall are here and I am once again scraping ice off my windshield.  Certainly, that’s not a task anyone loves but it sure gets me pumped about the arrival of ice fishing season. Cold January weather means frozen lakes and the start of ice […]