Pierre SD Ice Fishing Tournament

PIERRE, South Dakota – Recreational variety and creative planning are shaping a unique event to be held next February in central South Dakota. The first-ever Winter Fishing Weekend (WFW) is scheduled for the weekend of February 4-5, 2011, presented by the Sports Committee of the Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce
The main event of WFW is [...]

Panfish Ice Fishing – Burning Through

By Jason Mitchell
The speed and intensity of how fish move should play a key factor in tactics and strategy.  Not always, but often when we find bluegills, crappies and perch on basins, flats and suspended over open water, these fish are on the move.  Sometimes, these fish seem to be moving as fast as a [...]

Taking Open Water Lessons to the Ice

By Jason Mitchell
I have often felt that it is much easier to learn a lake during the open water period. Structure and bottom contours can be broke down quickly when using a boat equipped with good sonar and GPS. Often during the winter (just like during the open water period) the sweet spots [...]

$500 Ice Fishing Photo Contest

IceFishingChat.com.com is proud to announce the $500 Crappi Candle Ice Fishing Photo Contest!
1st Prize based on 5 species ($100/species) – Species include WALLEYE, PERCH, PIKE, CRAPPIE, and TROUT
Before you can enter, you must have a username account here at icefishingchat.com. To do so, see our REGISTRATION PAGE.
Entry Rules and Details
1.) Entrants must be [...]

Hottest Ice Gear on Ice in 2010

By Nick Simonson
The ice on most northern lakes is now thick enough for anglers to safely haul out their toys thanks to a cold stretch at the beginning of the month. Though nighttime temperatures have been below zero, new innovations and advancements in tackle, gear and shelters are helping anglers heat up the early-ice [...]

Trolling While Ice Fishing

By Tony Roach
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 lots and lots of holes. My guides and I sometimes spend entire days doing nothing [...]

Ice Fishing Spoons for Panfish

By Jason Durham
Bluegill fishing is about balance. Each trip is a constant trial and error to figure out if the fish want a tiny speck of an ice jig – the flash, vibration and, meaty profile of a jigging spoon, or any presentation that falls in between. Each presentation has its strengths and weaknesses so [...]

Small Ice Fishing Lures for Crappies and Panfish

By Nick Simonson
It’s the evening of the first day when the temperature has stayed well below freezing and I’m sitting in the not-quite-bright-enough light of the living room, squinting as hard as I can in an effort to thread a wisp of one-pound test through the eye of a 1/64 ounce Genz worm in preparation [...]

Ice Fishing Bait

Real or Not? Let the Fish Decide
Clever ice anglers are successfully combining traditional live ice fishing bait tactics with artificial approaches
By Jeff Gustafson
Times are a changin’. Used to be when we went ice fishing, our presentation always included a jig tipped with some type of minnow or hunk of meat, no matter what species of [...]

Ice Fishing for Panfish

Presentation Precision for Panfish
By Jason Mitchell
By far, the best education we can get to make us better ice anglers is by sight fishing. Sight fishing allows us to watch the reaction of fish and just as importantly, allows us to watch how our presentation looks in the water. When we can see the [...]

Early Ice Pike Fishing

A proven pattern for hooking gargantuan pike during early ice fishing season
By Brian “Bro” Brosdahl
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 tossing-down everything with blood running through its veins. That’s [...]

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