Fishing tournaments have long served as a leading source of innovation in fishing tackle and techniques. The design of tools ranging from boats and motors to rods and reels has been heavily ...

The Holy Boat in theory Genz said the ice-fishing revolution that began in the 1980s was all about adapting the tools anglers relied on to catch fish during the open-water season for use on the ice.

The rig uses the principle of weight balancing to initially hold the rod at a 45-degree upward angle. When a fish strikes, the rod simply swivels at its balance point and tips downward toward the ...

That's why I enjoy ice fishing with Mike Widen of Mount Pleasant. Widen played offensive tackle a few decades ago in college and still carries somewhere north of 200 pounds on his 6-foot-3 frame.

Ice-fishing is getting closer every day. For the past few days there's been a skim of ice on the pond early in the morning but that skim has disappeared by mid-morning.

By your tackle and bait there and the advice is free. My personal favorite ice-time panfish is the yellow perch. Perch are nomadic, schooling fish and it’s sometimes necessary to search for them.

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, ...

New panfish competition begins Northland ice-fishing contest season The new Grand Slam Big Five Panfish Contest on Fish Lake will kick off a slate of ice-fishing contests in the Duluth area this ...

Just that's the way it is this time of year," said Cory Kuhn, Kuhn's Bait and Tackle Palace Owner. About a quarter mile off the western shoreline, Dennis Van Rossum is working for panfish.

You can go outstate, or you can check out the quality fishing to be done in the metro.

Perch fishing building on the lakefront and ice fishing varying widely lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

SHAWANO LAKE (WLUK) -- Winter-like weather continues to linger in parts of Northeast Wisconsin, including Shawano Lake, where ice still covers most of the 6,200- acre body of water. On the eastern ...