Fish Like A Boy Scout - Be Prepared!
It's all about walleye preparedness. Despite their best intentions, it seems like many anglers forget about their open-water gear as soon as they make their last outing in the fall.

Go Shallow and Light For The Hot Spring Ice Bite
Make mine panfish and walleyes on live and hard bait under shallow late ice. It's a narrow window of fishing opportunity when unbelievable things happen in unbelievable places --

Fishing With a 45
If a jig is hanging at a 45-degree angle, it’s a lot more difficult for a fish to come from below and grab hold of just the bait.

Dropping Those Mid-Winter Ice Fishing Blues
I know you will find that this simple rig will have you catching more and bigger fish this mid to late winter than you have ever caught before.

Ice Fishing Feeding Frenzy
Fish have a brain about the size of a pea. They have a stomach that's roughly 20 times that large. 

Ice Fishing Tips - Two that will prepare you for success!
It could be the difference between success and failure on your next outing.  An ounce of preparation can sometimes result in "pounds" of the cure.

Smile - You're Pouting!
Go ahead and pout. You just might end up with a smile on your face.

Electron-Tricks
Acquiring the right electronics will definitely make anyone a better ice angler. Learning the tricks of the trade will advance an angler to a point that will leave the fish with no place to hide.

If you want to catch more fish through the ice you can "Stick It!
Regardless of which species of fish you are targeting, or the location within the ice belt of North America you are looking, the wood is often the best place to be.

"Hunting Hardwater Wolves
There are several keys to consistently pulling big hardwater pike. While finding a spot with small pike is relatively easy, big pike follow a different drummer. 

High Percentage Spots for Early Ice Eyes
At first ice I look for prime walleye habitat that’s within walking distance of shore, usually a public landing. 

Scrappy and Without Limits
Piranhas of the ice-fishing belt, or as Chip Leer of On Ice Tour calls them, "shiner minnows on steroids".

Catering to a Fish's Sense of Smell and Taste
Applied scents are best described as manufactured liquids, gels, and pastes, which are applied to lures in order to enhance smell and taste. 

Hardwater and Sonar…Inseparable
If there's a single piece of ice fishing equipment that will double your catch, it's portable sonar.

Light's on, Heat's on, and this Puppy's Moving
You're probably thinking that either we're too picky, or that a shelter which meets so many demands simply doesn't exist.

Float Fishing Makes A Curtain Call
Floats are part of system that presents bait in a natural way and with the least amount of resistance."

Another Look at Flag Fishing
Hardwater's greatest anglers possess secret weapons that generate results when all else fails. Chip and Tommy's secret weapons are couple of unconventional fishing partners.

Tag Team Searching
Each of On Ice Tour's search techniques is intended to expose active fish. But a useful byproduct of jigging and graphing so many holes is the overall knowledge gained. 

Eyes Up High
I heard an auger fire up so I spun around to see who was fishing inside of us. It was that crazy kid. I snickered. But my tone soon changed as my fishing party watched him hook a walleye…and then another one and another one."

Creepy and Kooky
They go by the name eelpout, burbot, ling, and lawyer; technically, they're freshwater cod. In Minnesota, On Ice Tour's home turf, eelpout is most common. 

Ultimate Gifts for the Ice Angler
This year, don't leave the shopping mall reeking of cheesy fragrances. Instead, head for the bait shop and browse their fish catching colognes, or more technically, scents. Berkley's Power Attractants are affordable and aromatic to fish.