Ice fishing is a winter pastime throughout many northern communities. Once lakes, ponds, and backwaters freeze solid, anglers drill holes through the ice and present a mixture of live and artificial ...

We’d been jigging spoons for five hours. We drilled through eight feet of ice to reach water. We had yet to get a bite. “It’s so peaceful out here,” my wife, Tiffany, whispered, not wanting to break ...

Since fish are cold-blooded creatures, colder water temperatures significantly slow their activity. Thick ice and snow cover reduces light penetration, which slows underwater photosynthesis, depleting ...

The sleek pike burst into view from some unknown weedbed and slashed at the 8-inch fake fish before I could even react. But rather than rear back on a rod and set the hook, first I had to pull my jaw ...

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