Nothing will test your patience more than ice fishing for splake, the stunningly beautiful cross between male brook trout and...
When 34-year-old ice angler Sebastien Roy felt a bite on Ontario’s Lake Simcoe one day in January 2017, he thought...
Is it just me or does it seem like everything is a “game changer” these days, especially when it comes...
Ice anglers often wonder whether they should use the heaviest or lightest jig possible when the winter bite gets tough....
Those who know me know that I never go ice fishing for walleyes, yellow perch, black crappies, northern pike, lake...
I love lake trout and have remarked more than once that I spend at least half the winter chasing them....
When the bite is hot on a frosty winter’s day, nothing beats a ready-to-eat lunch to help you refuel for...
Just the mention of “slush” sends shivers up my spine. It is the curse of winter anglers, and because of...
One of the biggest debates in ice-fishing circles is whether it’s better to hang dead baits vertically or horizontally when...
A couple of weeks ago, when the ice thickness was still thin to nil around my home in southern Ontario,...