On Chautauqua Lake in midwinter, when the temperature hovers near zero and a stiff north or west wind drives wind chills into a double-digit chill factor, you know it’s cold. Ice anglers face a ...

Midwinter perch often abandon weeds for deep mud flats. Here’s how to find roaming schools, choose the right lures, and stay on fish all winter.

Minnesota fishing guide Bruce Jean says fish won’t chase anything with size, flash, or vibration during cold fronts.

Tip-ups are a low-tech – but effective – tool for catching pike and walleyes under the ice. Here are the finer points of these simple setups.

Fishing duo Cole and Jay catch numerous stripers using jigs and fresh shad baits.

For crappie, look for the deep, off shore brush tops in 10 – 20 ft. of water to hold fish. Hair jigs and/or minnows will both produce some bites, but one may out produce the other on any given day, ...