Catch' Em When Others Can't
by Bob Jensen

When you're ice-fishing, just like when you're open water fishing, there are days when the fish get finicky. They might be finicky due to weather conditions, or it could be fishing pressure that has them closed-mouthed. Whatever the reason, just like in open water, there are some things you can do to get fish under the ice to bite even when they don't want to. Here are some of those things. When fishing pressure is the cause for the fish to get selective, you have a couple of options. Probably the best option is to get away from the pressure. If the lake you're on has a lot of people f... read more

Late Ice, Little Tigers
by Tom Neustrom

Late winter brings about opportunities. Certain species begin lining up like 2-for1 day at "Old Country Buffet." Yellow perch, in particular, become extremely active during the final weeks of the ice season. Some real monster perch get stuck this time of the year, and I'm not talking the thumbs down size, but the 10, 12, and 14-inchers we crave to catch. These egg-laden chubos cruise mud flats and weedbeds devouring about anything that crosses their paths. For the angler, mobility is the key to finding schools of these marauding perch, most encounters happening in anywhere from 10 to 30-fee... read more

Tubing for Winnebago Walleyes
by Dan Small

Nowhere in Wisconsin do anglers look forward to ice with greater anticipation than around the shores of Lake Winnebago and its sister lakes, Poygan, Winneconne and Butte des Morts. As soon as there is a three-inch shell on one of these lakes, they start to venture out. Most anglers are anxious to get through the first-ice flurry of near-shore, walk-on fishing so they can settle down to winter's main event: tube-fishing for walleyes. I was introduced to tube fishing by Joel Taylor, of Omro, who spends nearly every day on the ice. Because he fishes so often, Taylor finds walleyes, and other ... read more

Catch Walleyes All Winter
by Jason Mitchell

Many ice anglers associate the end of January and beginning of February with mid winter doldrums. Many anglers believe that first ice and late ice is the best ice for fishing and the in between ice… not so good. There is some truth to the midwinter doldrums particularly with smaller lakes. Now not to say a lake less than five hundred acres cannot be red hot in the middle of winter because they can but smaller water does seem more sensitive to a few factors that can ruin a bite. My own personal opinion, I believe some small lakes just get hit and as the fish get caught, the fishing gets tou... read more

Ghosts of the Lake
by Noel Vick

With Brian "Bro" Brosdahl Few see them. Others either dismiss the sightings as hooey or are cursed to believe but never catch even a fleeting glimpse of one. These, you might call freshwater poltergeists, can be as common as the ghosts of missing mariners on pirate vessels, but still scarcely witnessed. Believers see them. Brian "Bro" Brosdahl sees them, and then catches them like genies in a bottle. Bro is haunted by humungous panfish. They keep him awake at night. Cause him to swerve to the shoulder daydreaming on the way to find them. Difference between Bro and other ghost hunters, th... read more

Appleton, WI - On Saturday, February 11th, professional angler Johnnie Candle will present an all new Walleye University. For the past eighteen years, Johnnie has been fishing professionally. Ov... Read more...

The 'Why' and 'Where Next' Behind Angling's Newest Partnership Minneapolis, Minn. - When the world-famous lure artists at Rapala recently announced a partnership with its Minneapolis, Minnesota n... Read more...

Master the Art of Night Slip Bobbering by Greg Bohn with Scott Richardson You’d think Greg Bohn would have the eyesight of an owl by now. He’s spent thousands of hours fishing after dark durin... Read more...

Marcum technologies extends popular 'rewards' program Special Offers and Free Accessories generate lifetime brand loyalty Minneapolis, MN (1/17/12) - The designers of high-grade MarCum sona... Read more...

Lane Only Angler With 20 or More Pounds Each Day COLUMBIA, S.C. - Abu Garcia pro Chris Lane won this past weekend walking away from the field at Florida's Harris Chain of Lakes, which earned him a... Read more...

Legend Tournament Walleye rods make fishing history . . . again Park Falls, Wis. - The last several decades of walleye fishing history have bore witness to truly prodigious progress. The rod-crafte... Read more...

Frabill's cool and compact Crawler Can makes bait smile and chill out Jackson, Wis. - Time was, procuring a ponderous string of trout, catfish or sunfish involved little more than a willow stick w... Read more...

Sauger caught by Jeff Bennett

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