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Shallow Water Ice Walleyes
One such period for anglers to key in upon for some fine shallow water walleye action is during ice fishing.
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Ice Fishing when it's REALLY Cold!
While each of us hopes that spring-like weather is just around the corner, this is a fine time to visit some of the strategies and techniques useful for scoring on fish during these cold snap conditions.
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Walleyes at First Ice: Clinging to the Current
You can take this one of two ways. Because I’m a fishing guide, you might think I’m all talk and keeping the good stuff to myself.
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'North American Fishing' Helps Anglers Pass Winter Months 
North American Fishing is a new, splendidly illustrated book by the fishing editor of Field & Stream that will help fishing enthusiasts nationwide pass the winter months more quickly.
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Venture Out Into the Cold for Outdoor Recreation; Cleveland Metroparks Offers Fun All Year Long
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The Preservation of Life - by Noel Vick
Unadulterated, live bait, be it minnows or maggots, needs no assistance to tempt fish. We’re the ones who muck it up, sometimes, seemingly, going out of our way to ruin a good thing.
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Last Chance Jumbos - by Noel Vick
Soon, it’ll be rotten out there. Not rancid like spoiled produce, but soft and dark nonetheless. I’m talking about the ice. It’s thick and resolute now, but it won’t last forever, actually, scarcely longer than a few weeks, less in some areas.
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The Cold Season - by Troy Jens
Cold water is by no means "dead" water. Over the years since that first experience I have learned that water under fifty five degrees can be as productive as warmer water.
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Perching in the Present Tense - by Noel Vick
I’m a “percher” by trade. Through the ice, there’s simply no better game. Perch are willing and able, abundant, and pleasing to the palate.
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Passive/aggressive winter pike
The technique plays into the pike's two biggest weaknesses: it likes a large meal that doesn't take too much work to get, and it's hard pressed to turn down something that triggers its killer instinct.
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Big Northerns Through The Ice
There is nothing quite like the thrill of pulling a trophy northern pike through the ice.
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Reactivating Panfish - by Noel Vick
Yeah, those were the good old days. Back when sunfish would swallow a spoon and perch preferred minnows to maggots.
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Multitasking Walleyes & Perch - by Noel Vick
On the ice, multitasking suggests catching one species while, well, catching another. And the best example involves walleyes and perch.
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Metal-eating brook trout - Fish Ontario
Why will trout turn a grinning snout up at a real minnow, only to reverse direction and smash an imitation.
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Blade Baits for Winter Walleye - Fish Ontario
Yes, blades have their biggest following among the open-water bass and walleye crowd. You can cast them a mile, they drop like a rock, and boy do they shimmy and shake on retrieve.
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Ice Rods and Reels - Fish Ontario
No ice-fishing thrill is as exciting as setting the hook on a big fish, feeling the sudden dead weight, the pause, and then the payoff as an unseen beast pulls your ice rod into a perfect arc.
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Panfish at Winter’s End - by Mike Mladenik
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Ice 'Eyes' - by Steve Huber
The locations that we were fishing were classic "early ice" walleye spots. If you can find deep (deeper) water near a shallow, weed covered food shelf, try fishing this area.
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A game plan for winter walleye - Fish Ontario
In most parts, there are opportunities to take these tasty fish throughout winter. Here are some proven tactics for catching them.
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Action at First Ice - by Mike Mladenik
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Minnesota's Lake Winnibigoshish is Calling! - by Steve Huber
I'm sure that most of you out there, like me have heard tales of the Jumbo Perch in Lake Winnibigoshish in Minnesota.
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Catching Winter Pike - by Mike Mladenik
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Stubborn lakes, big brookies
Stubborn lakes can be frustrating, but they're essential for the production and preservation of large brook trout
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Ice Fishing Safety And A Tip or Two - by Bob Koeshall – The RiverRat
Probably the most important thing about ice fishing is ice safety and coming back alive. There is an old saying that claims the ice testers are found in the spring.
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Ice Fishing for Perch - by Dave Adams
Not far from downtown Erie, on the frozen waters of Presque Isle Bay, the ice reaches a safe thickness usually by mid-January, and ice anglers do well in a variety of areas.
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