Are You Hardwater Experienced
Ice Fishing

Are You Hardwater Experienced?

Individually, ice fishing’s annual beginning comes when you hand-churn crisp ice crystals from that first hole. Symbolically, across the Ice Belt, ice fishing’s starting gun sounds when the tape breaks at the St. Paul Ice […]

Power Fishing For Early Season Walleyes
Ice Fishing

Power Fishing For Early Season Walleyes

The magical first-ice period presents a unique opportunity for anglers to target hungry, active walleyes that in most cases haven’t seen serious fishing pressure in several months. And that opens the door for one of […]

A Bubbly Cloud
From The Desks of the ODU Writers

A Bubbly Cloud

I could not be more excited for this coming winter! Why? Simply because the long-range forecast is looking like hardwater will soon be upon us, and this little fizzing ball that I hold within my […]

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Boat News

Vexilar: Simple In-Hull

 When we take our depth finder in a boat that is not our own, the biggest challenge is mounting the transducer. You want a good reading, but you do not want to hassle with it. […]

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Ice Fishing

Win The Cold War

Hardwater warriors frequently battle the elements in their quest for winter glory. In days of old, the sport’s pioneers braved brutal wind chills and other piscatorial purgatory clad in inferior attire ill-suited to withstand the […]

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Ice Fishing

Tactical Ice Fishing Goes Black Ops

Call it trickle-down ice-onomics – how a majority of the most significant advances in ice fishing technology are the direct result of cutthroat tournament competition. From the nation teams competing in the international ice fishing […]

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Ice Fishing

More Jumbo Perch Through The Ice

Well yesterday, we enjoyed another fine day on the hardwater chasing yellow perch on Lake Simcoe … undoubtedly one of the finest perch fisheries in all of North America. Today was remarkably similar to last […]