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Warm weather means an end to ice fishing soon

The warm weather is starting to signal and end to ice fishing. While people are still using 4 wheelers to get out on the ice the shore is starting to break up and you will soon need a plank to get out onto the ice.
This is a very dangerous time of the year for ice [...] Read more »

Ice Fishing Winding Down

The ice fishing seems to be slowing down a bit however the ice is still good on most Eastern South Dakota Lakes.
The reports from the fishing forum have been pretty sparse and it seems not much is happening in the ice fishing sport at the moment. Crappies may pick up soon but it appears nothing [...] Read more »

Ice Fishing not so good?

From reading the forums and in particular the fishing forum here, it seems ice fishing and catching fish is a bit harder than it has been for the last few years.
Ice fishing in general, from my experience, seems to get worse the later in the season it gets. I’ve had years when ice fishing was [...] Read more »

Best ice fishing lakes for fishing trips

If you are planning ice fisning trips this may interest you as it’s about the best ice fishing lakes. I ran a poll on the fishing reports forum as to what the best ice fishing lakes in Eastern South Dakota were and the results were as follows.
Lake Thompson 57%
Fish Lake 10%
Dry Lake 10%
Long Lake 6.7%
West [...] Read more »