Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anglers are enjoying the “hard water” that is covering many of the lakes across Pennsylvania as ice fishing is officially here.

Ice fishing for black bass appeals to the author because of the fish’s size and the powerful fight it delivers once hooked. Credit: Courtesy of Al Raychard Our kind and generous outdoors editor, Susan ...

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I’ve been ice fishing for trout long enough to know that lure selection can make or break a trip, but on this particular day, I learned that lesson the hard way. I had high hopes, the right spot, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big eats through the ice. In the world of Western trout fishing, the first hard freezes of fall can be a motivating force — both ...

Butch DeSanctis of Durham holds up a 5-pound lake trout caught during the derby on Sebago Lake. Credit: Tom Roth More than 1,000 anglers spread across the ice Valentine’s weekend for the Sebago Lake ...

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While ice fishing in Canada, Sam Boucha battled a monster lake trout for nearly an hour before realizing the hole in the ice was not big enough for the fish, so her boyfriend Brad Molloy started ...

On Thursday, March 23, Dan Aitken of Pittsfield was ice fishing alone out on Pontoosuc Lake in the rain. There was about 12 inches of ice with a good six inches of solid dark ice where he was fishing.

But don’t pass on ice fishing. Places like Winchester Lake, Spring Valley Reservoir, Elk Creek Reservoir and Moose Creek ...

Over the past decade, I’ve fallen in love with ice fishing. Adventures on the hardwater provide an entirely new set of experiences to enjoy and challenges to overcome. Plus, you can fish year-round!

He headed deep into northern Minnesota for an overnight ice-camping trip with one unusual advantage: a giant hole in the ice that let him sight fish for rainbow trout below. Even though the cameras ...