Minnesota warms up to PGA Championship's bright lights Aug 13, 2009
So the people here embrace any chance they get to show the rest of the country that golf belongs in the land of wind chills and ice fishing. I think because our golf season is so short, the people in Minnesota love the game of golf and appreciate it more because they don t have as long to play per year, said Doug Dittbenner, a 41-year-old who made the 90-minute drive from North Mankato to take in the practice round on Wednesday. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
The Only Bigmouths Were the Fish Aug 6, 2009
Emily Yoffe ice fishing and liked it, but Nick Schulz sport fishing is the lamest sport in the world. Michael Agger whether fish feel pain, Nina Shen Rastogi readers how to pick the greenest seafood, and Brian Palmer why Michael Phelps is changing his swimming technique. (Slate)
Vikings working to be special team Aug 6, 2009
He was probably ice fishing or something. . (VikingUpdate.com)
Irrational Review Aug 3, 2009
The American Conservative. Posted on August 2nd, 2009 by. (The American Conservative)
Conceived as a water supply, Lake Mattoon has grown into much more Aug 1, 2009
We get some ice fishing now and then, too, Pittman said with a smile. Everyone hopes for a warm, dry day on the lake, but it was too much dry, wilting weather that helped create the lake in the first place. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Trial by fire (1) Jul 31, 2009
Jose has recently started spending more time with her father outdoors hunting and ice fishing. One of the successful fire starters, Boy Scout troop leader Brian Smith, learned a new thing or two. (Helena Independent Record)
Author to sign Michigan travel guide Jul 29, 2009
The guide is a comprehensive look at the Great Lakes state, and offers itineraries, tips and recommendations on everything from hot ice fishing spots to fine dining. Whether youre planning a trip to Mackinac Island and want to stay somewhere different this time, or are looking for the skinny on golf courses around the state, Moon Michigan can give you the inside track. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Favre won’t return to play for Vikings Jul 29, 2009
speech wrote on Jul 29, 2009 4:48 AM:" Great. Now the NFC North is a one trick pony. The BEARS are the only contender in the division. I was hoping for some competition from the Vikings but that went up in smoke. The BEARS are in a class of their own. Come December packer and viking fans will be spending their Sundays ice fishing. ". PLEASE NOTE: Comments on stories that frequently update through the day disappear with each update. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Little shop of tools: Area man fills store with rare and unusual vintage tools Jul 27, 2009
The shop caught Miles eye while ice fishing in the area. It takes you back in time, Miles said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Adapted casting - Program brings people with disabilities out onto river with custom fishing gear Jul 24, 2009
It s mostly for ice fishing or trolling. To draw back the pole, Clasby sucks into a tube. (Missoulian, MT)
Timeless - Lake Mary Ronan hasn’t changed much over the years, to the delight of residents and visitors who keep coming back Jul 4, 2009
But the locals organize ice fishing derbies and snowmobile poker runs. They kick off the cold months with a Halloween party at the lodge - we can t even tell you what one fellow came dressed as last year - and by the time winter has a full grip on Lake Mary Ronan, they get really creative. (Missoulian, MT)
Complete TV Schedule » Jun 30, 2009
Professional walleye anglers hold an ice fishing school teaching students how much the sport has changed in the past few years. The guide to the places visited and hunted along the Mississippi Flyway during ESPNOutdoors. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Myhre: Road hunting for Mille Lacs walleyes Jun 25, 2009
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009 ISLE, Minn. -- The fine art of slip bobbering may not have originated on Minnesota's sprawling Mille Lacs Lake, but it certainly was refined there. (Sioux City Journal)
The Summer Home Bust May 30, 2009
These primitive structures could be used for summer pleasures, like swimming in freezing lakes and swatting away flies the size of hummingbirds, and for utterly mystifying winter pursuits, like ice fishing and cross-country skiing. My parents were displaced New Yorkers. (Slate)
Hyrum State Park: Cache Valley’s only state park attracts thousands, but still offers tranquility May 29, 2009
The park remains open in the winter for activities like ice fishing and winter camping. Shaw also works with the Hardware Ranch snowmobile complex, grooming courses above Hardware Ranch and patrolling 700 miles of trails. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Lakefront home full of hidden charms May 24, 2009
Quiet and glass-like as the lake can be, come summer it is active with motorboats, skiing, and fishing (and winters feature skating and ice fishing). The owners are also selling their water-skiing boat. (Boston Globe)
A busy summer in N.D. outdoors May 22, 2009
Missouri River/Lake Oahe and Lake Sakakawea creel surveys will continue through September, while the Lake Audubon survey will run through ice fishing season. Clerks will be at various places at different times throughout the season. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Students get hooked May 21, 2009
When McCord taught in Gates Intermediate School, he also ran that school s fishing club, and Scituate Rod & Gun Club member Rich Greim would come every year to speak to the club about ice fishing. McCord moved to the high school 11 years ago, and the next year. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Hanover Dam's future remains murky May 21, 2009
I see people on it all the time, kayaking in the summer and skating and ice fishing in the winter. It s a wonderful resource, he added. (Hanover Mariner, MA)
Exchange student at home in Chetek May 14, 2009
Steve has even taken him ice fishing. "I was surprised at how cold it was," said Alvarez. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Bob Lamb: Fishing the recreation of choice in tough economic times May 14, 2009
Schenborn said the DNR also saw a dramatic increase in ice fishing last winter in counties hardest hit by layoffs. Here are two more figures to chew on. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
What to Do at Grand Beach on Lake W... May 13, 2009
Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing are activities people of all ages can enjoy, while ice fishing on the frozen lake and snowmobiling around the area attract many visitors as well. Hiking, skating, and mountain biking are a few of the other activities available. (Suite101.com)
Local Driver of the Week: Derick Garman May 7, 2009
HOBBIES: Ice Fishing, Hunting, Racing. FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Hosss Steak and Sea House. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Fishing season has finally arrived May 6, 2009
I use the depth finder like we use when ice fishing to set the depth. We use a very light jig below the slip bobber and hook on a fat head minnow or a leech. (Forest Republican, WI)
Sen. Ropes knocks funding increase for state film program May 2, 2009
The town welcomes as many as 3,000 visitors every February at the Grumpy Old Men Festival, featuring an ice fishing contest and a Grumpy Plunge into the icy Mississippi River, said Chris Fancher, director of the Wabasha-Kellogg Chamber of Commerce. Snowbate sponsored a film in 2008, when Minnesota natives Joel and Ethan Coen tapped it to film A Serious Man in Bloomington, Minn. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Q&A with Per Berthelsen Apr 28, 2009
We can only rely on ice fishing for one month now; five or six years ago we could do it for four months. In the short term, Greenlanders will be the losers with these changes. (Boston Globe)
Lake fishing starting to pick up Apr 17, 2009
He said anglers were ice fishing, but didn t appear to be having any luck. Spring Mack Days on Flathead Lake is still under way with the anglers already entering 9,300 lake trout as of Sunday. (Missoulian, MT)
Visiting Costa Rica Apr 17, 2009
Ice fishing for perch at Twin Lakes was replaced with schools of 60- to 170-pound sailfish. Cross country skiing was replaced with walks in warm tropical woodlands. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Outdoors Forecast Apr 16, 2009
Last year, early-season ice fishing was productive. Southwest Washington: Catches slowed this week. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Rufus Stansell, practiced art of making friends Apr 5, 2009
He served in Greenland, went AWOL to go ice fishing one day and had to be rescued when the ice he was standing on broke away. He lived in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and other cities that friends aren t quite sure about. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
PREP GOLF PREVIEW: Breakers, Rams look to contend Apr 3, 2009
If our sport was cross-country skiing or ice fishing, we'd be state champs. Although practice has been limited, the season is scheduled to tee off Friday with the two-day, 36-hole Loyola Invitational. (Missoulian, MT)
Recipients of Carnegie Hero medals Apr 3, 2009
-Joshua E. Mattison, 24, of Fort Ann, N.Y., saved Charles L. Mingo, 62, from drowning when he broke through ice while ice fishing in Lake George on April 2, 2008. -Clerc Higgins Cooper, 14, of New Orleans, helped to save two men from drowning in Lake Pontchartrain when their disabled boat capsized on Jan. 13, 2008. (Concord Monitor)
The 2009 flood, Lake of the Woods northern pike and other notes Apr 1, 2009
I was surprised at the large number of anglers traveling all over the ice trying to get in their last few days of ice fishing. The ice was strong and thick but getting sloppy on top. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Bobhouses must be off NH ice by Wednesday Mar 29, 2009
Under state law, the ice fishing houses must be removed by April 1. Fish and Game says the law is designed to ensure that bobhouses don't fall through the ice, becoming a hazard to boaters. (Concord Monitor)
Spring has sprung - it’s time to gear up Mar 27, 2009
There is still some ice fishing to be done. The ice is deteriorating fast, so if you have your mind set on drilling holes in it, make sure you use caution when heading out. (Missoulian, MT)
Fishing Report Mar 26, 2009
Ice fishing is not recommended. Rainbow fishing has been good in open water areas by the Silos Boat Ramp using woolly buggers or leech patterns. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Northwoods Notebook: Deer, grouse welcome warm weather Mar 24, 2009
Warm sun on my back makes ice fishing more fun and it is comfortable to fish bare handed. Wolves. (Forest Republican, WI)
Less winter ice found on Great Lakes Mar 24, 2009
Researcher Jia Wang said ice loss can cause other problems, including the destruction of the eggs of fall-spawning fish by winter waves from an open lake, erosion of coastal areas unprotected by shore ice and less winter recreation on the lakes such as snowmobiling or ice fishing. The Coast Guard has estimated it cost more than $245,000 to rescue 134 fishermen from a huge ice floe off Ohio last month. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Students help each other Mar 22, 2009
Partners Club is a club that is designed to bring students with disabilities together with their peers in social settings, recreational settings and also through unified sports, said Heather Brandon, organizer of Friday s ice fishing event ... As Ouellette dragged his hut into place, Brandon explained that, while this is the first ice fishing event, the Partners Clubs have been around the Valley for seven years. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Oregon Recreation Report Mar 21, 2009
Closed to fishing, including ice fishing, until April 25, 2009 ... Reservoir has thin ice cover, ice fishing not recommended ... Ice fishing opportunities for carryover rainbow trout up to 18 inches are excellent. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Rural kids experience capital city Mar 21, 2009
"Students go and meet with an elder or someone in the community who will take them ice fishing or hunting," Farrell explained of what Juneau's students experience. "They teach them all they can, because it really is a subsistence lifestyle out there.". (Juneau Empire)
Kalispell angler reels in record pygmy fish Mar 19, 2009
My arm is still hurting, Tullett joked hours after reeling in the pygmy whitefish while ice fishing on Bitterroot Lake. The pygmy is one of three types of whitefish found in Montana, and like the considerably larger mountain whitefish, is native to the state. (Missoulian, MT)
High on Hyalite Mar 19, 2009
"There are lots of people ice fishing, people out snowshoeing and pulling their kids around in sleds." Canyon's well-liked Hyalite Canyon has long been a popular summer destination for Bozeman-area residents. At the end of a narrow, winding mountain road, Hyalite Lake is nestled in the crook of surrounding 9,500 to 10,000-foot peaks such as The Mummy, Hyalite, Bole and Blackmore. (Montana Standard, MT)
Birthplace: Belgrade, Canada Mar 18, 2009
Well, it isn't because of the climate, most newcomers think to themselves, watching in bewilderment as their fellow countrymen have fun skating on outdoor ice rinks or ice fishing on frozen lakes in mid-February. It takes time to get the True North. (Globe and Mail)
Badger-Two Medicine: Motors banned from area Mar 18, 2009
Winter recreation like snowmobiling and ice fishing, for example, bring revenue to the reservation, Tatsey wrote in a March 16 letter to the Forest Service. Our position is that motorized access and use should be reasonable but should not be at the expense of world-class wildlife habitat and water quality. (Missoulian, MT)
A lot riding on deer meetings Mar 17, 2009
Ice fishing shacks must be removed from the ice by Monday, March 16th. Tail Feathers. (Forest Republican, WI)
When lake ice is not what it seems Mar 13, 2009
The issue was brought home last Saturday at the Schroon Lake Ice Fishing Derby, where a handful of pickup trucks went through the ice while exiting the lake. The ice on that lake is about two feet thick, said John Huston of the Northwoods Wilderness Guide Service in Schroon Lake. (Albany Times Union)
Local men survive car breaking through ice, sinking to lake bottom Mar 13, 2009
Jon Stelter, 40, and Michael Meyers, 46, were found by law enforcement in a nearby ice fishing shack, soaking wet and shivering from hypothermia, according to a Polk County Sheriff s Department deputy s report ... Stelter told the deputy that he and Meyers were driving through The Narrows to do some ice fishing when Myers 2008 Honda Fit fell into the water ... The two then walked to the nearest ice fishing shack, where the fisherman let them in to warm up while awaiting help. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Warm water greets winter-weary Mar 8, 2009
Then, as I sat in my little portable ice fishing shelter catching small pan fish, my thoughts wondered toward open water fishing my preferred fishing. One time when I returned home, my wife commented that she was tired of the sub-zero conditions. (Forest Republican, WI)
S.D. man shot while ice fishing in Iowa Mar 7, 2009
The Lyon County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that at 6:04 p.m. Wednesday Rob Johnson and another man were fishing by the Klondike Bridge near Larchwood when they heard gun shots. A round came through their ice shack and struck Johnson in the right hip. (Sioux City Journal)
Huskies come far to find common ground Mar 7, 2009
He came to Boston from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, an area known more for pond hockey and ice fishing than hoops. "Everybody can do different things and everybody has different talents," Janning said of NU's backcourt, "and that's what makes us so special.". (Boston Globe)
Wolves the talk at Great Rockies Show Mar 6, 2009
It was a record turnout for the perch derby, said Gene Fincher, organizer for the annual Perch Pounder ice fishing derby. We had 223 anglers participate and a huge crowd for the final award ceremony. (Missoulian, MT)
Letter: Thank you Georgetown Fire Department Mar 6, 2009
On Sunday, Feb. 22 Georgetown Cub Scout Pack 50 held their annual ice fishing derby ... Our ice fishing derby was being run by an experienced ice fisherman and we were already planning to make several measurements of the ice thickness in the area that we would be fishing before letting anyone out onto the ice ... Chris Fraser and Scott Jones Ice fishing co-chairs for Pack 50 Loading commenting interface. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Late season ice bites are not aggressive Mar 5, 2009
Also at the lodge were Dave Genz, father of modern day ice fishing and inventor of the Fish Trap portable ice house, and Tom Zenanko, pro angler who represents Vexilar Marine Electronics ... If you are not using spring bobbers for your ice fishing, by all means get set up with them. (Sioux City Journal)
AMVETS kids' fishing contest had good participation Mar 5, 2009
Ben Hanson, of Chetek, won a bike for catching the first fish at the AMVETS ice fishing tournament Saturday. The AMVETS fishing contest, sponsored by Chetek AMVETS Post 25, was Saturday. (Chetek Alert, WI)
OUTDOORS: Restoration program brings in $146 million Mar 5, 2009
TheSLSC will alsobe wrapping upthe results of Rock Fest and the Night Ice Fishing Event. Also up fordiscussion will be the finishing project for the rock point in the SouthwestBay of Lake Shabbona. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
VikingBuzz BLOG Mar 3, 2009
We wanted him back, and we're glad he took time out from ice fishing to come in and sign his contract. Jim's an important part of our offense and the kind of guy you want in your locker room. (VikingUpdate.com)
Seventh Annual Youth Ice Fishing Derby Mar 3, 2009
Above, Taylor and Abbie Winkler, Wahpeton, kneel by their fishing holes at Heitkamp Pond Saturday, waiting for a bite at the annual Youth Ice Fishing Derby Sponsored by the Red River Area Sportsman s Club ... This is the seventh year of the Youth Ice Fishing Derby. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
WR Houshmandzadeh visiting Vikings Mar 1, 2009
"We're excited to have Jim back,'' coach Brad Childress said. "We wanted him back, and we're glad he took time out from ice fishing to come in and sign his contract. Jim's an important part of our offense and the kind of guy you want in your locker room. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Bengals WR Houshmandzadeh visits Vikings Mar 1, 2009
"We wanted him back, and we're glad he took time out from ice fishing to come in and sign his contract. Jim's an important part of our offense and the kind of guy you want in your locker room.". Since Kleinsasser joined the team, the Vikings have enjoyed five of the franchise's top six single-season rushing totals -- two by the last two years and one each by (2006), (2002) and (2000). (ESPN -- Football News)
New fishing season is time to take stock, plan ahead Feb 27, 2009
While there is still a lot of ice fishing left, at least for the first half of the month, anglers are already beginning to focus on open-water fishing. Rivers across Montana will start to produce some great opportunities for dry fly and nymph fishing. (Missoulian, MT)
Ice fishing enthusiasts brave cold to pursue their passion Feb 27, 2009
What s more American than having a hot tub at an ice fishing derby ... Ice fishing is more social, says David Page, of Ashland, who has two bobhouses. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Wabasha's grumpfest adds a cool attraction Feb 27, 2009
It has long featured traditional winter activities that also made it into the movies, like an ice fishing contest. The river plunge is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club and a group that operates homes for people with developmental disabilities. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Review: Nothing novel about ‘New in Town’ Feb 27, 2009
All the women like scrapbooking and all the men like ice fishing. All of them. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Ice Fishing Contest Ends With Big Switch Feb 26, 2009
Shehow, of New Richmond, claimed to have won Saturday's ice fishing contest on Bass Lake in Somerset after pulling up a northern pike weighing 2 ... Shehow, of New Richmond, claimed to have won Saturday's ice fishing contest on Bass Lake in Somerset after pulling up a northern pike. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
