That was my first takeaway when fishing with the Trick Shop, and it has been my go-to reel this winter. When I've been the ice, the Trick Shop has almost always been in hand.

The 13 Fishing Trick Shop inline ice reel has a magnetic drop speed adjustment. / Joe Shead When retrieving your lure (hopefully with a fish) the four ball bearings give a super-smooth performance.

Feb 03, 2025 — Last week we aired a story about someone who was out ice fishing on Black Pond in Paul Smith’s. Pretty quickly after the story aired, we heard from several listeners who said ...

Baitcasting and spinning reels work, ... But once you tangle with a winter mackinaw, you’ll never look at ice fishing the same way. MORE LIKE THIS! Best Ice Fishing Destinations for Jumbo Perch.

Saturday’s ice fishing derby was held on Loomis Lake at Rogers Lakewood Park, sponsored by the Friends of Fishing Club, and welcomed over 150 fishermen of various ages and experience levels.

How much you can expect to spend on an ice fishing shelter The size of the shelter affects the price as does whether or not it’s insulated. Expect to spend $100-$500.

Ice fishing is hot in Minnesota this winter, thanks to the cold. Since Thanksgiving, the DNR has sold about 56,500 fishing licenses as anglers give in to pent-up demand. By Tony Kennedy.

Saginaw Bay was ranked as the fourth-best ice fishing spot in the U.S. by FishBooker, which looked at such things as location, fish species you can reel in and whether you'll land a trophy.

After two weeks of consistent, sub-freezing temperatures, upstate New York’s ice fishing season is off to a rock-solid start. Ice anglers in CNY hit the hard water in droves for the first time ...

I’ll bet I have baitcasting tackle in my hand between 80-and-90-percent of the time I’m fishing. But for that other ten-to-twenty-percent, my spinning rods are invaluable.

Clear ice is the good hard ice, the foggy ice is shaky.” ColoradoInfo.com states that temperatures during the day shouldn’t rise too far above freezing and that, no matter what, people going ice ...

Finding hints of perch and getting itchy for ice fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report. Sam Eble emailed the photo at the top two weeks ago, then I screwed up and lost track ...