It’s almost ice fishing time and my favorite thing to fish thru the ice for are northern pike. Nothing like pulling a huge northern up thru the ice fishing hole and it just keeps coming. Big pike are easier to catch in the winter, at least for me. For a lot of people the question [...] Read more »
By Nicole Roberts
Many people who are not from colder climates may be wondering what is ice fishing? Well, it is a sport that involves trying to catch fish from a frozen body of water. This can be a risky activity if the ice is not completely frozen. It must also be thick enough to withstand [...] Read more »
It appears the ice fishing has picked up on the area lakes. Thompson is giving up some fish and people are catching some nice big walleyes through the ice.
Perch and crappies are also biting on the area lakes and last weekend was a pretty good weekend for ice fishing. Probably the best of the year [...] Read more »
At last it’s ice fishing time. All of the local lakes have ice on them, even Thompson. The ice fishing reports are saying anywhere from 3 – 5 inches of ice and that was yesterday and the day before so there should be even more ice by now. You won’t be able to drive on [...] Read more »
By Brad Huber
Ice Fishing
Ice fishing is a centuries old pass-time that is done for sport, recreation and survival. All a person needs is ambition, courage, patience, skill… and it doesn’t hurt to be an early riser!
Ice fishing is a dangerous sport no matter why you are doing it and as with all outdoor activities and [...] Read more »
Ice Fishing Houses
Author: John Olson
When it comes to ice fishing, nothing is more basic to most
people’s minds than an ice fishing house. When you head out to fish
in the winter it is undoubtedly cold and for that reason a house
is a great way to enjoy more time on the ice. There are many
important things to [...] Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »