The ice fishing season picked up steam (or perhaps, the misty exhalations of the fishermen) over the last week as the recent cold snap setup workable ice on virtually all of the lakes in the area. A ...

The colder weather on tap for Thursday and another stretch forecast for next week will be accompanied by dropping barometric pressures, a state normally a harbinger of good fishing opportunities. The ...

Alone on Center Lake in South Dakota’s Custer State Park, the freshly fallen 6 inches of snow from the previous day’s storm creates a pristine, unspoiled canvas from shoreline to shoreline that ...

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a few good friends who make up your core ice-fishing crew. Thing is, you’re also probably hitting the same handful of lakes and ponds over and over. Your home ...

South Dakota lake trout Derrick Boe of Rapid City, S.D., caught and released this big lake trout in early April while fishing Pactola Reservoir in South Dakota. He did not have a scale or tape to get ...

The start of winter shouldn't dampen the amount of time you spend outside catching big fish. In fact, there's a hardy subset of anglers who are just getting started when the snow starts to fly and ...