Ice Fishing

What you need for a safe and fun ice fishing outing.

Organizers provided an update following the abnormal start to this winter and rumors being shared online.

Have you ever wondered how they do it? Here are step by step photos of the process of getting your gear out from the bottom of the lake.

"No official announcement has been issued regarding the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. Kindly verify information from reliable sources."

Nitti's Hunters Point Resort posted the intriguing photos to their social media page yesterday evening.

The new "Keep It Clean" law in Minnesota will impact many ice anglers this winter. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. Schmitt says the law went into effect throughout the state in July but was already in place in extreme northern Minnesota last winter.

This is no 'the one that got away story'.  Nope, this one was reeled in by a gal about as big as this massive muskie!  However, it was almost just a story.  The resort on Minnesota's Lake of the Woods where it was caught, Zippel Bay Resort, heard about it but they had to track it down.  End result i...

Lots of people have needed to be rescued from ice flows and thin ice this year. Can you be charged for the emergency services?

So far this winter, Mother Nature has put the kibosh on a number of winter related sports here in the Sioux Empire.

Warmer than normal temperatures over the past month has caused a major setback for the ice fishing season in Minnesota. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says ice locally is either not there or not safe.