Chris Monroe recently stopped by his local bait shop in Massena to pick up some shiner minnows labeled as “large pike bait.” They must’ve been some super shiners, because the fish Monroe caught with ...

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Surprise monster catch while ice camping, biggest ever ice fishing.

Think you’re chilly? Try sitting on a frozen lake waiting for the fish to bite when it’s ten below in Northern Minnesota.

The recent cold weather has been very welcome for those of us that like to ice fish. We have had a mild winter, so the ice thickness on many of our favorite fishing lakes has been marginal. My ...

There are "about 4-5 months of cold winter weather where the lakes freeze over enough to get some quality ice fishing in," ...

If you're an ice fishing fan like me, no doubt you count down the seconds until ice first locks up the underwater world. You'd rather stare down an 8-inch hole in the ice than at a 50-inch TV in your ...