Bryant Dault and Jordan Millette fish on Lake Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula’s Escanaba. Ice fishing is a way of life for the two friends and for the surrounding community. Usually, Dault and ...

UP and Northern Michigan ice fishing more widespread, but thick ice elusive. Inland lakes seeing crappie, bluegills, bass, pike and walleye.

Anglers who once spent days ice fishing on Michigan's lakes are staying in this year for lack of ice. Experts blame record-breaking warm weather.

MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. — The World Ice Fishing Championship wrapped up this weekend after being held in West Michigan for the very first time.

Alpena – On winter weekends in northern Michigan, peering into a hole with a pole offers a welcome getaway for locals and out-of-towners alike. As ice fishing tournament season approaches, with ...

Tip-up ice fishing is a popular method that allows anglers to set multiple baited lines below the ice without actively managing them. Michigan rules require the flagged apparatus be labeled with ...

The cold spell mid-Michigan is under has sales heating up for businesses that sell ice fishing equipment and accessories.

CATO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Some of the best ice fishers in the world are descending upon West Michigan to compete this week. The 2025 XXI World Ice Fishing Championship is happening at ...

As spring begins to blossom, an art exhibit in Grosse Pointe Shores offers one last look at a time-honored winter tradition that displays Michigan at its purest.

A smattering of ice fishing around Chicago and the rebuilding of perch fishing on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, there’s also the first mention of ...