Ice Fishing Rig – Run & Gun Perch
By Jason Mitchell Strong perch patterns occur across the board at late ice. Typical locations include gravel and sand, subtle rolling structure that is connected to the shoreline is often productive. During the late ice period, perch often move shallow and if there is atypical rule of thumb regarding shallow perch, it is that they are aggressive and on the move. These fish run in packs and don’t stick around. These nomads can be difficult to locate but when you find them, they often bite. Some lakes turn on during the day when the sun pops out, other lakes are morning ...
Walleye Ice Fishing Tips – Tough Conditions
by Bob Jensen When you’re ice-fishing, just like when you’re open water fishing, there are days when the fish get finicky. They might be finicky due to weather conditions, or it could be fishing pressure that has them closed-mouthed. Whatever the reason, just like in open water, there are some things you can do to get fish under the ice to bite even when they don’t want to. Here are some walleye ice fishing tips. When fishing pressure is the cause for the fish to get selective, you have a couple of options. Probably the best option is to get away from ...
Ice Fishing Rigs
by Bob Jensen In many areas of the Midwest this winter, there has been as much open water fishing going on as there has been ice fishing. In a region where ice fishing usually dominates in December and January, warmer than ordinary air temperature have enabled anglers to extend their open water fishing. There are obvious differences in ice fishing and open water fishing, but when it comes to lure presentation, there are a good number of similarities. Let’s look at some of those similarities. When we talk about ice fishing rigs or open water, color is always of big interest. Some anglers ...
Ice Fishing Equipment – Mobility Tactics
by Bob Jensen As the ice on lakes, rivers, and ponds gets thicker across the region where ice-fishing takes place, our ice-fishing tactics should change a bit if we want to be successful. Our ability to harness ice fishing equipment is also very important. Early in the year, when the ice was thin, a more sedentary approach was often more productive. Fish under thin ice can detect movement better, and movement from above spooks them. Therefore, the angler that sits on a good spot and doesn’t move much will often be more successful. As the ice gets thicker and snow gets deeper ...
Latest Ice Fishing Articles
Ice Fishing Rig – Run & Gun Perch
By Jason Mitchell Strong perch patterns occur across the board at late ice. Typical locations include gravel and sand, subtle rolling structure that is connected to the shoreline is often productive. During the late ice period, perch often move shallow and if there...
Walleye Ice Fishing Tips – Tough Conditions
by Bob Jensen When you’re ice-fishing, just like when you’re open water fishing, there are days when the fish get finicky. They might be finicky due to weather conditions, or it could be fishing pressure that has them closed-mouthed. Whatever the reason, just like in open...
Ice Fishing Rigs
by Bob Jensen In many areas of the Midwest this winter, there has been as much open water fishing going on as there has been ice fishing. In a region where ice fishing usually dominates in December and January, warmer than ordinary air temperature have enabled anglers to extend...
Ice Fishing Equipment – Mobility Tactics
by Bob Jensen As the ice on lakes, rivers, and ponds gets thicker across the region where ice-fishing takes place, our ice-fishing tactics should change a bit if we want to be successful. Our ability to harness ice fishing equipment is also very important. Early in the year,...
Ice Fishing for Walleye
By Jason Mitchell Many ice anglers associate the end of January and beginning of February with mid winter doldrums. Many anglers believe that first ice and late ice is the best ice for fishing and the in between ice… not so good. There is some...
Walleye Ice Fishing Tips – Lure Selection
by Bob Jensen Just as there are a lot of ways to catch walleyes in open water, there are several very productive lure types for taking walleyes through the ice. But if a survey was taken among anglers who like to chase walleyes during the ice-fishing season, I’ll bet a spoon would...
