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Tools of the Trade
Years ago, ice fishing was much different when compared to today's modern age. "Old timers" used homemade spring bobbers to de
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Artic Tundra on Lake of the Woods
This weekend, Alie and I ventured North to Lake of the woods. We planned a couples weekend with a few other couples and rented sleepers out
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Twin Ports Report Feb 1
We are now into the 2nd month of the 2018 calendar year. It’s sort of like dog days of summer, for winter as far as ice fishing, so, lots of
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Taking Kids to a Home Away from Home
There’s no doubt that every outdoorsy parent out there has been in a winter time dilemma where they’d much rather be enjoying time on the ic
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LOW in January
It’s January and usually the Walleye bite is known to slow down a little bit, but you can still manage to put fish on the ice.
We left Home
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Light Biting Crappie
Ice fishing this season has gotten off to an early start compared to other years from the past. With the early start, those first ice...