Ice fishing in Alaska is something that’s a key part of the full Fairbanks winter experience. Can’t you just picture it? Walking out on a frozen lake to a warming hut, dropping your bait ...

I flipped the bail on my ice fishing rod, letting the big lure free ... Scott Haugen grew up in western Oregon, lived a semi-subsistence lifestyle in Alaska’s Arctic, and has traveled to more than 40 ...

Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation doesn’t rent fishing equipment, but the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has a road loaner program. Ice fishing season typically begins in ...

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