When ice fishing stocked trout, knowing where to look can make all the difference. Ask your local fisheries biologist about winter trout fishing opportunities in your area. Trout are stocked in a ...

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There’s good news for trout anglers who have kept their fishing rods on ice for the winter, so to speak. The hard water covering reservoirs at the Kirch Wildlife Management Area has begun to melt away ...

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Champlin announces the 2026 Frostbite 500 Trout Ice Fishing Contest, with registrations now open for the February 7 event.

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 ...

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 ice fishing wasn’t ...

A Hinsdale man, who dubbed himself “an avid outdoorsman,” snagged a 15-pound brown trout while ice fishing on Stockbridge Bowl last Saturday. Jamie Pollard said he was out ice fishing with his ...

According to The Berkshire Eagle, Pollard had intended to send the fish back, but when he realized how big it was, he decided to bring it to see if it set a new record. The newspaper reported that it ...

It was midnight on Friday the 13th when I drilled my first hole of the ice fishing season. After making the cross-state trek to Henrys Lake, my friends and I decided to test the ice thickness at our ...

As always, safety should be top-of-mind when ice fishing. The minimum thickness required for fishing is four inches, and while we have that on several lakes, anglers should proceed with caution early ...