Ice fishing, especially in Pennsylvania, can be a short-lived affair, if there’s any hard water at all. Lately, safe fishable ice has lasted only for a few days in January or February before melting, ...

Like any style of fishing, ice fishing definitely has a learning curve. Even as an avid fly and spin fisherman with loads of diverse experience, my first time stepping out onto the ice was ...

The difference between a perfect first day on the ice and a frozen disaster can be determined by what you do right now, long before the first ice forms. Ice anglers wait impatiently for that first ...

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 ...

Ice fishing requires gear suitable for cold, windy, and snowy conditions. At the top of the gear list is finding the ideal ice fishing suit to match where, how, and when you ice fish. Besides where in ...

The recent cold weather has been very welcome for those of us that like to ice fish. We have had a mild winter, so the ice thickness on many of our favorite fishing lakes has been marginal. My ...