Tip-ups probably account for the majority of pike caught through the ice ... start jigging. One advantage of jigging over tip-ups is you will be actively calling fish in to you. A live minnow ...

It’s hard to beat ice fishing for crappie ... I will often tip the jig with a small plastic, spike, or a minnow. As for action, I will focus on a very slow and steady raise. The number one issue I see ...

Get your game on now for ice fishing as the weather is changing ... reports he picked up 28 perch west of Hamburg. Minnows or plastics on a jig did the trick. He was part of a group of five ...

where a simple tungsten ice jig (a small jig designed for ice fishing) and a waxworm or minnow do the trick to catch fish. In Dunkirk, a drive down the Central Avenue Pier will confirm or deny that ...

The two primary techniques for ice fishing are jigging and tip-ups ... In the video above, the fisherman used fathead minnows and nightcrawlers, or earthworms, to attract the record-breaking ...

"No jacket required," said Bill Smith of Shell Lake as we set out at 8:30 a.m. on Lipsett Lake for a day of ice fishing ... it comes to fishing tip-ups, we all preferred larger minnows, even ...

Ice fishing with medium shiner minnows or suckers ... Try fishing vertically with a jig and minnow.