Rainbow trout rival landlocked salmon in terms of how difficult they are to catch through the ice. This is not a result of rainbow trout being inactive during the winter or difficult to locate (they’re not) but rather due to…
Genetically identical to their anadromous counterparts, Atlantic salmon, landlocked salmon are a prized catch among ice anglers with access to large, deep lakes. As a disclaimer, I will point out that I am by no means an expert salmon fisherman…
Like brook trout, lake trout are a species of char and are a very popular ice fishing target species in regions where deep, glacial lakes are common. A deep-water fish throughout much of the year, lake trout move into shallower…
In spite of their common name, Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) are actually a species of char and are more closely related to their larger cousins, lake trout, than they are to such members of the Salmo genus as rainbow and…
Author’s note: The entry below is the first in a series of brief articles on ice fishing for various popular fish species. It is not a be all and end all tips and tactics manual, but more of an entry…
To people who have never tried it, ice fishing is often seen as a ridiculous or comical winter pastime. After all, why would grown men and women haul themselves out of the comfort of warm homes to drill holes in…
Like many northern New England ice anglers, most of my hard water fishing has historically been done primarily with tip-ups. For those of you completely unfamiliar with ice fishing, a tip-up (often called a trap here in Maine) is essentially…
