Welcome to today's winter episode of Thundermist Fishing Tips! We have Vincenzo with us today, along with the boatless angler himself, Antonio. Today we're going to be running the T-Turn Bait Rig ...

This is why an active bait can attract a fish to bite from a long distance versus a dead minnow hanging below the ice. Shiners, fatheads, and red-tails are all excellent live baits for ice fishing ...

Rapidly changing ice conditions and variable perch on the Lake Michigan lakefront lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

The first few weeks of walkable ice can provide some of the best ice fishing action of the entire hardwater season. For a short while, panfish and gamefish will linger in relatively shallow water, ...

Troll slowly with brood minnows or umbrella rigs, Conklin advised. Crappie fishing is fair. Fish jigs or spider rigs around timber or in open water where there are shad. Black bass fishing is slow.

Lakefront perch continue to draw anglers while ice fishing continues north but is done south for this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Ice fishing is still available around the state, but you will need to pick and choose where and when to go, writes Bill Hilts Jr.