BLUE SPRINGS: mid 30s, stained, normal Outlook: Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook Group reports: lake has been on again off again with ice. Your best fishing opportunity will be around the marina for ...

Fishermen often over-analyze a situation, make techniques and approaches too complex. We end up outsmarting ourselves. We can cite a million reasons, from the weather to the calendar, for why fish ...

The jig-hooked minnow 3 feet below my hole in Lake Winnebago’s ice swam doggedly in place on its tether as if yelling up at me, “All right, all right. Leave me alone. I’m trying!” I had just prodded ...

Fishing with tip-ups is one of the most low-tech, enjoyable ways to ice fish. When I was in high school, my buddies and I would set out a spread of tip-ups and then just wait for a flag while cooking ...

If you're new to ice fishing, the amount of specialized gear some anglers use can be daunting. Couple that with the cost of a ...