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Mike Norris Big Green Lake – Big Green is transitioning from soft water to ice right now with skim ice forming across a great deal of the lake. Having said that it looks like lake trout and cisco fishing will continue remain on hold until safer ice forms. This week’s forecast calls for nighttime temps to drop into the single digits by mid-week. But daytime temps will climb back above the freeze mark this weekend and into next week. Fox Lake – There are plenty of anglers venturing out ...

In last week’s On The Water online, we discussed some of the key early season tactics I like to employ when I’m ice fishing the many stocked trout lakes (brook, rainbow and splake) found across the country.  You can read PART 1 HERE.  Today, however, let’s talk about my favourite tactic to actually catch the fish: trolling for trout on the ice.   I aways get a quizzical look when I tell friends that I caught the fish “trolling ” but it’s true—well, sorta’ true. When ice trol...

3 Active Ways to Grab a Cold-Weather Bass Attention Use these presentations to boat more cold-water bass as the season winds down. Baits that flash, vibrate or otherwise draw attention work well in late fall. This smallie was caught on a SteelShad blade bait. (Photo by Brad Richardson, Get N Bit Productions) December 17, 2020 By Mike Pehanich Conventional wisdom has it that cold-weather angling is a game of patience...