The tools of the trade: A freshly speared northern pike alongside the decoy and spear used for the catch. / Joe Shead The sleek pike burst into view from some unknown weedbed and slashed at the 8-inch ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Carved, wooden ice fishing decoy in ...

A Pennsylvania angler caught the biggest fish of his life while ice fishing Friday afternoon at High Point Lake in Somerset County. Dalton Stevanus, 21, of the Rockwood area, pulled a 44½ inch ...

Brady Wettlaufer and Justin Mujwid were chowing on some barbecue and enjoying late-season ice fishing for a couple hours April 2 at Elkhead Reservoir when the flag on one of their tip-ups came ...

Anglers are enjoying the “hard water” that is covering many of the lakes across Pennsylvania as ice fishing is officially here. Anglers are drilling holes through several inches of ice to catch ...

With the right conditions, ice fishing offers the chance to reel in bluegill, crappie, yellow perch, largemouth bass, Northern pike, walleye, trout and more. But how do you get started and stay safe ...

I’m sitting in a darkhouse, a fish hut with the door shut and the lone window almost completely blocked by a sheet of insulation. There’s just enough light in here to see whether I’ve got company. I ...

SPOONER - The sun has at least two lives in winter. Its power was on full display on a recent clear morning in eastern Burnett County. First it slanted down to the snow-covered surface of Lipsett Lake ...

(WLUK) -- Despite this week's warmup, more winter-like temperatures in the forecast for next week will likely have people heading out onto the ice to catch dinner. Ice fishing is a favorite pastime in ...

Last Saturday morning my day started at 4 a.m. Yep, 4 a.m. occurs very early in the morning! I was chairman of the 53rd annual Sunriser Lions Ice Fishing derby. I’ve been its chairman for the last 25 ...

Very cold temperatures have kept most anglers from open-water fishing. Most are now waiting for ice fishing season to get started. All anglers 17 years of age and older are required to have a fishing ...