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Ice Fishing

Ice fishing is the other fishing season. Here are the tips and tackle you need to catch more fish through the ice.

Latest in Ice Fishing

An ice fisherman with a 49-inch muskie caught through the ice in Vermont.

This Angler’s First Muskie Nearly Spooled Him. It’s the Biggest Caught in Vermont in Decades

An aerial view of an ice-fishing derby in Saskatchewan.

An Ice Fisherman Was Booted from a Canadian Walleye Derby Over Cheating Accusations. There Was $100,000 on the Line

An angler and a fisheries biologist with a massive muskie.

Pending State-Record Muskie Rejected Over a Border Dispute

An angler holds up a burbot he landed while ice fishing.

The Real Poor Man’s Lobster? This Mysterious Native Fish Is Seeing a Boom in Popularity

By Derek Horner

Video: Never Fillet Bluegills Again, Use This Method Instead

By Alex Robinson

Two ice fishermen stranded on Lake Erie.

Stranded Ice Fishermen Rescued a Mile Offshore After Ice Sheet Splits from Mainland

An ice angler with a record-sized yellow perch.

‘Our Jaws Just Dropped.’ Jumbo Perch Caught Through the Ice Should Break a 44-Year-Old State Record

A college student who rescued a man from a hole in the ice.

‘It’s a Miracle.’ College Student Rescues Older Ice Fisherman Who Fell in a Lake, Survived for 3 Hours

An angler with a record-sized muskie caught through the ice.

Angler Pulls Pending State-Record Muskie Through the Ice, Fulfilling a Yearslong Dream

Team U.S.A.'s hockey goalie fishing on a lake.

The Backstory Behind Olympian Connor Hellebuyck’s Bass-Covered Goalie Helmet

tip-up with the griz

Video: Before There Were Modern Tip-Ups, Ice Fisherman Used This Trick

By Alex Robinson

An Iowa fisherman with a black crappie he caught through the ice.

Iowa Fisherman Skips Super Bowl to Take Kids Fishing, Ends Up Catching a State-Record Crappie

An Idaho angler with a big Yellowstone cutthroat trout.

College Student Kicks Off the New Year with a State-Record Cutthroat Trout Through the Ice

ice fishing spears

7 Killer Photos of the Coolest Custom Ice Fishing Spears You’ll Ever See

A group of fisherman with a huge Atlantic halibut.

Huge Halibut Caught Through the Ice in Quebec Is a New Scientific Record

Ice fishermen stand outside a shanty.

I Got My First Taste of Smelt Fishing on a Frozen Maine River, Where the Party Went Till Midnight

A color photograph of ice fisherman behind an igloo.

A Spark Plug, a Paper Clip, and Pliers Helped Me Catch More Lake Trout Through the Ice

By John B. Gleason

A photo of an ice fisherman holding up two white perch.

Quick Strike Podcast: How to Crush Slab White Perch Through the Ice This Winter

I Became Trapped on an Ice Sheet in Lake Michigan — and Survived Against All Odds

The best ice fishing suits

35 Black Friday Ice Fishing Deals: Shelters, Augers, Fish Finders, Rods, and More

By Scott Einsmann