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ICE FISHING BASICS
ICE FISHING BASICS By Ken Poor Ice fishing season is just around the corner. First ice normally provides some of the best action of the ice fishing season. By mid-December ice begins to form on the lakes in Northern Illinois and Southeast Wisconsin and by the end of the month most of our area…
ICE FISHING CAN BE A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIANCE
ICE FISHING CAN BE A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE By Ken Poor Icefishing season provides a great opportunity to study our local lakes and rivers. Every winter I spend a lot of time on the ice with my lake maps and a fish locator collecting lake data for my personal use. What started out as…
ICE SAFETY CHART FOR NEW CLEAR ICE
White ice can be either snow covered ice or ice mixed with snow and is about half as strong as new clear ice.
GETTING STARTED ICE FISHING
Panfish such as crappie and bluegill are typically caught by jigging grubs or minnows through the ice.