As winter settles in, cold temperatures can keep many people stuck indoors. Ice fishing offers a popular and inexpensive way ...

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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 ...

ON MILLE LACS LAKE — Batty was in jail. Moments earlier, he had tried to set ablaze the propane heater that kept our cabin cozy while wind shoved waves of sub-zero air outside. Given that our cabin ...

Although some might be hoping for a warmer-than-normal winter, ice fishermen throughout the area have been crossing their fingers for continued cold to help build ice on area lakes. They won’t get ...

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Mike Beauchene remembers the first time he went ice fishing back in the mid-’90s. He was trying to catch “a super huge northern pike” on Bantam Lake in Morris and Litchfield. Beauchene used to do ...