You and your buddies plan a ice fishing trip somewhere and call ahead and reserve a fish house for the day. With anticipation, your group arrives on time to meet the guide at the bait shop and it is learned the house isn't ready for 15 more minutes. One of the guys grumbles being a little upset about the fish house not being ready...

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Most hunters and anglers remember their first deer, goose or big fish, but it’s the little things that happen in pursuit of game and fish that also help keep people interested in the long term. It’s not the biggest fish or sometimes even a limit of fish which create the memories from the outdoors...

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Sitting there it's hard to believe that last year this time I was either securing a convoy of supplies to Baghdad or conducting a presence patrol out side of An Nasaryia. The dessert doesn't sound like it would be a place that would tease a fisherman with reminders of what they are missing, but you would be surprised...

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The perch was not what I set out to catch. As it turned out, to my recall, probably the best perch fishing I ever had. I was bragging all week about my new found walleye Mecca, so in an attempt to show off my daytime walleye fishing expertise, I soughed across the snow, two daughters of eve in tow...

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The adrenaline of a hot fishing bite can warm you up, or at least divert your attention from the cold for awhile...

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I’m encased in warmth, shrouded in darkness, and below me water shines softly translucent green. Dangling two feet below the ice decoying for all its worth is a perch colored stick bait...

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I’ve always preferred the simpler means of enjoying fishing. At times you would think I’m the only one without some kind of electronic depth finder, underwater camera or GPS to mark my hot spots...

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People who venture out onto a lake in the winter to fish or enjoy another form of activity may often hear booming and cracking sounds from the ice below them. What causes this? What does that mean?

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December 1, 2006, brought some important rule changes for Minnesota anglers who spear fish. Under the new law a person may not take fish by angling or use tip-ups while spearing fish in a dark house, except that a person may take fish by angling if only one angling line is in use and any fish caught by angling is immediately released to the water or placed on the ice...

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It's December, and if there's a transition time for outdoor activities, this is it. Deer gun season has closed, and while muzzleloader deer and many upland game seasons are winding down, another season has opened. 2001 marked the opening of managed spearing in 30 North Dakota waters...

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Northern Pike Spearing in a darkhouse - All you have to do is throw a fork - it's too simple. That’s the line a lot of my buddies give me when I ask them to go northern spearing...

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The winter's first ice is already skimming most northern lakes and ponds. Unfortunately, every year we hear of people drowning because they broke through ice they thought was safe...

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In two weeks we should have some nice ice. With below zero temps in the forecast, lakes will build about a quarter inch per evening. Northeastern Minnesota will always have winter. We’re just not sure which type of frozen north we end up with. It is time for pike stealh mode...

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Now, as the days are growing shorter and the temps begin to drop, many of us are anticipating the hard water season. As I dust off the equipment, I can’t help but to reflect on how far we have progressed in the sport of Ice Fishing...

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Every year in Aitkin Minnesota, just around the Thanksgiving holiday a wonderful event unfolds. People from around the world come to visit a small community in northern Minnesota and sharing some wintertime fun...

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