Category: Ice Fishing
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Ice Destination: Devils Lake
Contributed Story Plentiful walleyes and pike and some of the biggest perch anywhere combine for huge fun at Devils Lake. Veteran guide Jason Feldner explains how to find the best ice action. Looking at the genuine jumbo perch in my hand, all I could do was grin. In truth, we had caught several perch that…
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Ice Destination: Lake of the Woods
Contributed Story This legendary lake that straddles the U.S./Canada border serves up outstanding ice fishing through a long season that is already underway. Lake of the Woods stands out as one of the world’s most renowned ice-fishing destinations. Straddling the U.S./Canada border, with the U.S. portion in Minnesota, this massive lake freezes early and stays…
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Christmas Walleyes with The Bassassins
By The Bassassins What better way to celebrate Christmas than going out with the lads and fish, no?! Wrapped up the last busy days at work, finished all the shopping and now its time for a little treat. A local outing down to Walleye Bay was just what we all needed, Cpt. John D. pulled…
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Put More Steelhead On Ice
By Nathan Shore Steelhead staging outside Great Lakes river mouths create some of the most intense sporting opportunities of the winter season. The average specimen is 8 pounds of sleek, well-conditioned muscle.
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Catch More Crowded Crappies
By Daniel Quade Visions of icing slab crappies seldom include crowds of anglers. More often, sweet dreams of icy nirvana center on remote backcountry waters or hidden gems that somehow fly under the masses’ radar. However, while untapped fisheries can be dynamite, you can also enjoy banner catches on waters besieged by the bucket brigade.
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First-Freeze Walleyes On Featureless Lakes
By Daniel Quade A shout echoes unanswered across the barren icepack of Minnesota’s massive Upper Red Lake. It’s hardly a call for help, much less a greeting. It’s veteran walleye guide Jonny Petrowske, proving a point about getting away from the crowd to corral first-ice ’eyes.
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Wendorf’s Steelhead Sonnet
By: Todd Wendorf – Date Posted: December 11, 2011 The crack of the slammer was still careening down the river banks … but he already knew this was no ordinary fish! The steady pounding on the rod, the line screaming down the hole, and the look in the anglers eyes all said the same thing…
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Underwater Surveillance Mission
By: Tony Boshold and Ted Pilgrim – Date Posted: December 11, 2011 Ice fishing ace Tony Boshold sees the big picture. Give the world champion angler an auger and an underwater camera in the morning, and later that day, he’ll have discovered the lion’s-share of a lake’s secrets. Many of the top anglers fishing the…
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Tournament Tactics of An Ice Champion
By: Tony Boshold and Ted Pilgrim – Date Posted: January 20, 2011 Ice fishing tournament ace Tony Boshold sweeps through jungles of panfish plants like a carpet cleaner. Proprietor of a highly successful, professional steam cleaning business, Boshold vacuums the flats with an ice auger, long rod, and box of his favorite little jigs.
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Ice Fishing Virgin
By: Andrew Ragas – Date Posted: January 20, 2011 The title of this article is exactly the same as the well-known song, originally inspired by Queen, made famous by Vanilla Ice. I highly doubt that musicians of either groups ever ice fished during the height of their popularity. Unlike them, however, I am only writing…