Posts Tagged 'Ice fishing'
Safety tips and angling advice for ice fishing
New York’s ice fishing season has finally arrived across the Empire State. Unseasonably warm temperatures in December delayed the popular hard water season for Western New York anglers, but now it’s game on. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage on and people turn to the outdoors for relief and recreation, more people are fishing. The big question for many is, how do you get started? “Today’s technology offers opportunities like never before,” said ice […]
How To Rig Your Ice Fishing Rods And Reels For Any Fish
No different than in open water, each trip on the ice is unique: we fish at different depths, with different lures, for different species, each time we venture on the ice. As a result, every angler should own a basic arsenal of ice rods and reels that will cover the typical contingencies they may face during the hardwater months. Let’s begin by dissecting the issues surrounding rod, reel, and line selection for ice fishing. Just […]
Share your fishing passion, knowledge with others. It’s as fun as landing the big one
One of my favorite things about writing this column is the opportunity to share my love of the great outdoors with others. I love to hear from readers who tried fishing for the first time, went on a new adventure or enjoyed a particularly successful trip after reading one of my articles. In recent years, I’ve also been sharing my passion for fishing through community classes. And my latest Ice Fishing 101 course served as […]
Tips to make ice fishing safer
It’s that time of year when ice anglers will be traveling to Montana’s waters for the ice fishing season. While the first ice of the year often offers some of the best fishing, it also can be quite variable from location to location and from day to day. Anglers should be familiar with the water body they plan to fish. In FWP Region 6, there are dozens of water bodies that have windmills operating to […]
Survey sheds light on Lake of the Woods ice fishing
Anglers again this past winter spent nearly 2 million hours ice fishing on Lake of the Woods, results from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ winter creel survey show. According to Phil Talmage, area fisheries supervisor for the DNR in Baudette, anglers logged 1.94 million hours of ice time on the big lake last winter, keeping about 257,000 pounds of walleyes and 279,000 pounds of saugers. As part of the survey, a creel clerk counts […]
Ice fishing for perch is hot at Holter Lake
Art Nuthak stood on a foot of ice, a hood pulled over his head and ice cleats strapped on his boots to keep from slipping. With a strong wind, it felt much colder than the 32-degree temperature, but perch fishing has been hot here. “We like to eat perch, so that’s why we come up here,” Nuthak said as he monitored bobbers in two holes in the ice and hoped for a bite. The lowly […]
