The bait has a cool flutter action that can dart erratically around under the ice to create a larger strike zone. While there are a lot of different baits that work well for catching perch in the ...

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Anglers are enjoying the “hard water” that is covering many of the lakes across Pennsylvania as ice fishing is officially here. Anglers are drilling holes through several inches of ice to catch ...

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Anglers once again have reason to be excited about all the new fish-catching tools available for the 2025-26 hard-water ...

Today we decided to walk out on Lake Erie's Eastern basin and there was plenty of "shove ice" to navigate and go around. We ...

In the pale morning light, the ghostlike outline of Sugarloaf Island appeared, quickly vanishing into the mist as our snowmobiles sped by. I had been ice fishing on Lake Cascade many times, but never ...

Yellow perch are some of the tastiest freshwater fish that swim. For many, finding and catching jumbo perch -- those that ...

Idaho’s Lake Cascade is one of North America’s premier fisheries for big yellow perch like these jumbo specimens caught through the ice. Provided by Jordan Rodriguez In the pale morning light, the ...

CASCADE, Idaho — While many anglers hang up their poles when winter arrives and the lakes freeze over, Idaho's ice fishermen embrace the changing landscape and take to the solitary terrain for some of ...

Anglers are reminded that ice conditions can be extremely variable on the reservoirs. Ice thickness can range from thick enough to support a vehicle to open water. Extreme caution should be used when ...

CHAUMONT, N.Y. – Every winter, the Chaumont-Three Mile Bay area on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario is an ice fishing mecca in Upstate New York. Several thousand ice anglers come here from ...