I was about as green as an ice angler can be. I was in high school and had only limited ice fishing success. I just wanted to catch something. I'd driven to Wisconsin's Big Green Lake because I heard ...

The heavy thump on my rod startled me. The bottom on my Vexilar screen had flickered only for a second before the fish committed. Now, it made powerful runs, peeling line off my reel. It had to be a ...

It was still dark when my fishing partner and I pulled into the parking lot at Geano Beach Bar and Grill in Green Bay. The temperatures were nearing in the single digits, and the wind chill made us ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Angling experts along the Lake Erie shoreline and around the Buckeye State are calling this winter’s ice fishing the best in decades, and the end is not in sight. Slightly warmer ...

The day Wes Hopkins caught his lake trout was a lucky one. Lucky, in the sense that he was atop the ice on Canandaigua Lake, searching for that vivid yellow – and mighty tasty – perch in about 13 feet ...

“There is no safe ice” is a common aphorism among anglers who fish on frozen lakes and rivers. But the primal drive to hook the first walleye of winter—and post the trophy on social media—can lead to ...

Harrison Township — Local anglers and bait store owners are forecasting a long ice fishing season ahead with some saying it's the best one they've seen in years, even as the current frigid weather ...