Lake Manitoba Narrows Walleye Northern Pike Ice Fishing
It had to be some of the most incredible ice fishing for big walleye that this province has ever seen. In both 2007 and 2008 first ice walleye fishing on the Red River north of Selkirk, MB was on fire. The editor of Hooked, Steven Wintemute in 2007, landed some 30 master angler walleye in [...]
Ron Willoughby of River Hills is a lonely man these days. That’s because his is the only ice fishing shack in front of the La Verendrye Boat Launch in Lac du Bonnet. “I’ve been out fishing a couple of times. My son’s been out about five times,” Willoughby says. “The ice is about 12 inches [...]
As thin as the ice has been this winter, with temperatures way above normal, it would probably be far safer if there were no ice at all. People take chances – very foolish chances – and just because it looks like the ice is thick enough, that doesn’t mean it is. “We urge everyone to [...]
Bob Humberg is a contented man. He’s watching Dr. Phil on his TV, sorting through some antique coins and keeping an eye on two fishing lines that extend down holes he cut through 28 inches of ice and into the lake beneath his fishing shack. It’s 20 degrees outside, but the Clear Lake resident’s homemade [...]
