Every year, an ice-fishing village pops up on Lesser Slave Lake. On a busy day there can be more than 200 shacks and 1,000 people on the ice.

If your idea of ice fishing involves some poor soul shivering away on the frozen surface of a remote lake, you might be in for a shock.

Doug Massig is an outfitter with Ice Fishing Alberta and recommends drilling holes in the ice if you’re going out on a lake you’re not familiar with.

I am often asked about the best lakes for ice fishing in Alberta. Here are three of my favourites spots I’d like to share with you.

I’m a fisherman from Alberta, Canada! Doing my best to show you what I love to do and traveling to catch whatever bites!

Fishing is free – no licence required – in Alberta on Family Day long weekend and around Canada Day. On Sylvan Lake, there is a mix of old-school ice fishing shacks to glamping setups.

Alberta The folks of Alberta, known as “the Texas of Canada,” live large. Good thing, then, that the winter ice is thick enough to support six-person huts. Richard Johnson British Columbia In ...

The ice fishing tournament at Vallecito Reservoir completed its fifth year Saturday with a 5-pound catch and 153 participants from around the country. Competitors arrived early to attempt t ...

The 2025 World Ice Fishing Championship concluded Sunday, bringing a wave of excitement to the small town of Lakeview, which has a population of just over 1,000.

Due to colder weather conditions in southern Alberta during this time of year, many lakes, ponds, and other bodies of water in southern Alberta become dangerous. Depending on the weather, they can ...