One of ice fishing’s biggest challenges is identifying a good spot. On a river or open-water lake, quality fishing holes are easier to spot. But on a frozen lake covered in snow, everything tends to ...

IDAHO FALLS – Matt Dungan’s highly successful ice-fishing gear business started when he was a boy trapping possums in the woods of Tennessee. “I was always figuring out trigger mechanisms,” Dungan ...

As winter cold bites deep, MPR News is celebrating the best of the season through a new series called "Winter Play." Our staff across the state set out to try a new-to-them winter pastime. FARIBAULT, ...

The lakes are starting to freeze over, and that means ice fishing season. Lyman’s By The Lake in Houghton Lake says that they’ve had increased fishing gear sales over the past week. They urge people ...

Following is a mere sampling top ice-fishing lakes in the area. North Idaho: Priest Lake’s Cavanaugh Bay for mackinaw, Spirit Lake for 7- to 9-inch kokanee, Cocolalla Lake and Lake Pend Oreille near ...

CADILLAC — Although ice depth is no where near safe yet, temperatures are starting to drop which means ice fishing is right around the corner and it’s the time of year to start prepping gear. Last ...