Panfish

The Need for Speed

The Need for Speed By Rod Woten Sometimes Mike and I call it our hurry-up offense. It’s that mode we go into when time is short during a tournament and we need a few more kicker fish…or we need to finish out our limit. It’s a technique that Mike Riley, my tournament partner, and I […]

Life Season Ice: Make Adjustments to Catch Your Share

Life Season Ice: Make Adjustments to Catch Your Share By Todd Reed The ice is thick, and there is still a chill in the air, however the fish don’t seem to be biting like they have the past few weeks. Why is this? The early and mid-season ice fishing can be predictable and we fall […]

Making the Most of your Ice Fishing Experience

Making the Most of your Ice Fishing Experience By Steve Weisman Ever wonder why some ice fishermen just seem to have all of the luck and others seem to always be struggling? Here are some things to do so that we can achieve more fishing success. A lot of it has to do with preparation, […]

Mobile Ice Strategies to Plan, Locate and Stay on Fish

Mobile Ice Strategies to Plan, Locate and Stay on Fish By Nick Johnson During the hardwater season, finding fish can be one thing, staying on them as they transition throughout the day is a whole other beast. Each species can be different in this pattern and it pays to burn some gas, battery or muscle, […]

Ice Fishing Jigs

Ice Fishing Jigs By Ben Leal There is nothing more satisfying than creating something all on your own, taking it out and using it with success. Quite honestly folks, we could be talking just about anything. Farmers for example often create special tools out of necessity. At times the only one that knows about it […]

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Open Water Tactics on Ice

Open Water Tactics on Ice By Ben Leal The ice fishing season is upon us…a time of year where anglers and iceheads across the state have been itching for since the ice left area lakes last spring. Countdowns were posted across social media in anticipation of walking out of first ice…January means, hopefully, we are […]

Pay Attention to what goes on Under the Ice!

Pay Attention to what goes on Under the Ice! By Rod Woten Every ice season, there is so much emphasis on what goes on above the ice. Are you using the newest whizz-bang this season? What portable fish house are you using? Will you be using the latest and greatest custom rod? Is your ATV […]

Ice On! – Podcast

Iowa Ice Hot Spots for Crappie

Iowa Ice Hot Spots for Crappie By Ben Leal At the time of this writing Iowa was experiencing one of the warmest winters that I’ve seen in the sixteen plus years of living here. Southern and Central Iowa ponds, lakes, and reservoirs are all ice free. Northern Iowa is starting to see some skim ice, […]