A freshly caught walleye glows in the light of the setting sun during early ice season. / Joe Shead The early ice period is one of the best times to catch walleyes during the hard-water season. At ...

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 ...

A couple of times a month on my radio show we do a segment called “Ask the Expert”. We solicit questions from listeners. If we choose to answer the question on the air, the person submitting the ...

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 ...

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.

While walking down the aisles recently of the local bait shop, I couldn’t help but be somewhat astonished by all the ice rod models available. This experience had me thinking back to my ice fishing ...

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

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 ...

Early ice is leading some anglers to big walleye on Rainy Lake. And while area resource officials are cautioning people not to travel on area lakes, some anglers say they are venturing out with care.

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 ...