The early ice period is one of the best times to catch walleyes during the hard-water season. At this time, walleyes typically relate to classic structure in relatively shallow water. Best of all, ...

Many anglers who pursue walleyes during the winter months often opt for a finesse approach, having convinced themselves that marble-eyes are apathetic in relation to feeding and thus difficult to ...

Walleye are heavily pursued by thousands of anglers on Canyon Ferry, Hauser and Holter reservoirs during the spring, summer and fall, but they are relatively left alone once ice forms on the lakes.

It’s hard to believe in late December we are still talking early ice, but in the Midwest unseasonable warmer temperatures have kept water open. Northern Minnesota and North Dakota, however, are ...

HOUGHTON LAKE — Tipping your spoon or jig with live bait is standard operating procedure for most ice fishermen chasing walleyes, but I’ve often wondered how necessary it is. Guys who fish spoons in ...

It’s been another year of delayed ice formation, which has become more of the norm than the exception. So the first ice fishing trip of the year was executed by doing what many other Minnesotans do — ...

Joe Hagen was still smiling on Tuesday from the monster walleye he caught Sunday, so the fact the fish weren’t biting much on Tuesday wasn’t bothering him. “That’s my biggest walleye ever,’’ Hagen ...

The rather unique weather conditions this February have led to a variety of fishing in Michigan. Fishermen are out in boats or casting from piers and the shore in the southern half of Michigan. Based ...

Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice. Countless others are caught incidentally by anglers ...

DULUTH -- Considering that Dave Genz has been involved with most major advancements in ice fishing over the last 40 years, it probably shouldn’t have been a surprise to see him pedaling a ...