2010 Articles
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February 2010
Baiting Technique Turns Fish to Stone by Brian "Bro" Brosdahl
Creating "Medusa's Head" with maggots popularized by ice fishing pacesetter Brian "Bro" Brosdahl
Warning to panfish everywhere: Don't look into her eyes, or at that living crown of writhing maggots for that matter. If you're lucky, it's Stoneheng...
Lure Action For More Ice-Fishing Action by Bob Jensen
It's that time in the ice-fishing season when we really need to start fine-tuning our presentations if we want to experience ice-fishing success. The easy ones have been caught, and the remaining fish have been pounded pretty good by this point of t...
Open that Door! by Ted Peck
Door County, Wisconsin has been one of my favorite fishing destinations for over 30 years. This is a place where you want to bring all the gear-from downrigger rods to perch jerkin' tackle-because the bite will always be good but finding the best act...
Top ice anglers test skills, electronics at the 2009 NAIFC Championship by Ted Pilgrim
Reluctantly biting fish and the need for well-tuned electronicsÂ…everywhere lakes freeze, these two themes figure largely into the schemes of ice anglers. So it was during the 2009 North American Ice Fishing Championship.
Eighty-four of North Ame...
January 2010
Camera Or Flasher For Ice Fishing? by Ted Peck
There is no doubt electronics will improve your ice fishing success by at least 75 percent. Both an underwater camera and sonar flasher unit will help you put more fish on the ice.
Which is better? Ask two old bucketeers what they think about ...
Hand to Fin Combat by Brian "Bro" Brosdahl
A proven pattern for hooking gargantuan pike during early ice
Up above, I tiptoe across the frozen shallows maintaining a low profile. Stealth is a big part of the game. Down below, however, it's more like lions in the Coliseum tearing and tossin...
Hole Hopping by Dave Duwe
How can I catch more fish? This question has haunted some ice fishermen for years. The answer is really very simple, hole hopping. Hole hopping is aggressively moving from ice fishing hole to hole searching for the active, feeding fish.
My favo...
Ice Fishing Ideas For Finicky Fish by Bob Jensen
Fish under the ice, just like fish in open water, sometimes get finicky. It seems that they just don't want to open their mouths to take the bait we have down there. Here are some ideas for getting fish to eat your bait when they don't seem to want...
Search And Destroy by Tony Roach
"New Wave" Fish Finding Tactics on Ice
When you spend your winters guiding on a huge lake like Central Minnesota's Mille Lacs, doing all the things it takes to find biting fish can test your resolve. There's only one way to the fish - drilling lo...
