It was 15-degrees below zero about mid-morning on February 8 near the eastern shore of 200-square mile Mille Lacs Lake in frosty Minnesota, located east of Brainerd. Danny Thompson grew up ice fishing ...

When Rose Thompson, of Skaneateles, went ice fishing for perch recently on the north end of Cayuga Lake she didn’t realize she’d need a bigger hole. Thompson dropped a homemade teardrop jig ...

Ice fishing derbies are planned through February ... For more information contact Craig Carey at 207-998-2402. Lake Thompson Fish & Game derby is planned for Feb. 22 and 23 statewide on all ...

Eddy Lyback, owner Lyback's Ice Fishing on Mille Lacs Lake, said he's excited for the season as it is already multitudes better than last season. “It's 500% better this year and we're out there ...

The Lake of the Woods death is the second known fatality this ice fishing season in Minnesota. Jerry Keith Buhr, 67, of Osage, Minnesota, was found with his ATV upside-down and having drowned in ...

Which ice fishing shelter is best? When the weather turns frigid and the wind begins to howl, it’s time for lake freeze-up and ice fishing. This pastime is made much more pleasurable when you ...

In the past few years, we had even small waters that weren't conducive to safe ice fishing. Right now, it's the opposite." This year, even Lake Champlain, the biggest lake in the state and ...