How to Trick-Out Your Ice Fishing Sled

Video: How to Trick Out Your Ice Fishing Sled

The Fur Hat Ice Tour How-To Series is brought to you by ESKIMO. I’ve lost or broken a ton of ice fishing gear, either dragging my sled to the lake or pulling it behind a snow machine or Can-Am way out across uneven ice. The mix of heavy and/or sharp equipment with fragile rods and electronics is simply a recipe for disaster. It doesn’t have to be that way. Even if you’re a passive ice angler, a quick trip to the hardware store and an afternoon in...

Ice Fishing 101

This time of year can be a tough stretch for hunters and anglers in northern states. Big game seasons are over, small game and waterfowl seasons are winding down, and we’re months away from gobbling turkeys and open water fishing. Spanning this stretch of the coldest, darkest months is ice fishing season. “Ice fishing has a PR problem,” according to Steve Rinella. It’s certainly a pastime rife with hyperbolic stereotypes of lazy drunkards staring...

How to Crush Smallmouth Bass Right After Ice-Out

The ice is out and I’m itching to get on smallmouths. The fact that I’ve been quarantining in my apartment with two roommates who can’t even talk fishing with me isn’t helping. Problem is, water temperatures are barely nudging 40 degrees. This means that although I’ve been daydreaming about big smallies in shallow water, of post-spawn feeding frenzies, and that definitive smalljaw thump, I have to face reality—the fish are going to be hunkered...