Get ready for ice fishing season with this full gear-prep checklist. Shelters, augers, electronics, lures, rods, reels, ...

The bait has a cool flutter action that can dart erratically around under the ice to create a larger strike zone. While there are a lot of different baits that work well for catching perch in the ...

For the purposes of this round-up, we consulted with ice fish experts around the country to assist in narrowing down some of the picks. Others are based on personal experience using them on the ice in ...

We are out here with Antonio, the boatless angler, and we're out here using some Stingnose jigging spoons and we're ice ...

ELK RIVER, Minn. — Most anglers are content to buy the best gear they can afford and accept it’s limitations. A few of them, though, are incessant tinkerers who are never satisfied with the ...

Anglers once again have reason to be excited about all the new fish-catching tools available for the 2025-26 hard-water ...

I like to bundle my gear as much as I can, especially when there are some things, like lures, that are great at catching more than one fish species. By combining lures that are equally effective at ...

The cool weather we’ve been feeling in recent days reminds me that it’s time to get the ice fishing baits ready to go. However, I won’t be using them for ice fishing just yet. Many years ago, probably ...

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Last year’s pandemic was a boon for people heading to the outdoors. It was the one place that was safe. Fishing numbers and licenses in the state of Iowa were up by more than 50 percent. Some were ...