Ice fishermen from throughout the area spent a chilly winter afternoon trying their luck on Putnam Lake in Putnam County on Jan. 26, 2025.

Ice shacks are up and holes are being cut on Lake Winnebago as fishermen get ready for the 2025 Sturgeon Season opener on Saturday.

Taking to the frozen waters and doing some sturgeon spearing is a unique part of "How WI Live" in Northeast Wisconsin, and on parts of ...

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These lakeside towns in New York offer unique destinations to enjoy the charm, beauty and plenty of recreational options.

angler pulls massive northern pike out of Somerset County lake while ice fishing Terry Lesh of Reynoldsdale, Bedford County, caught a variety of fish with his son Landon, 24. Need a break?

The days may be shorter but the winter sunsets seen off Lake Nipissing can be breathtaking. Michael Burns captured an amazing Lake Nipissing sunset on January 9, when his 7-year-old son Jaxson ...

Night - Cloudy with a 49% chance of precipitation. Winds ESE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 23 °F (-5 °C). Cloudy with a high of 35 °F (1.7 °C) and a 54% chance of precipitation ...

Other good lake trout locations are deep humps and narrows in between two humps or shorelines. Begin fishing on bottom. That’s where you’ll find the warmest water in winter. Although lakers ...

Anglers can reel in everything from salmon, lake trout, walleye, perch and pike. The best and most consistent winter ice fishing action can be found on the southern end of the lake near the towns of ...

Visit the Catchable Trout Plants page for a more detailed search of trout plants in other bodies of water. To view and download the source data for this table visit the WDFW Fish Plants dataset on ...

Chautauqua Lake had ice on both basins, according to Capt. Mike Sperry at Chautauqua Reel Outdoors, but it was not yet safe. He anticipates ice fishing reports very soon, especially with cold ...