Ice fishing in Alaska is something that’s a key part of ... and they just know that they want to catch fish and say that they’ve been ice fishing. I am one of those people.

The ice fishing event includes local schools and homeschooling families, and is part of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s annual Salmon in the Classroom program, to teach kids about fish ...

Before the students can fish, the adults teach ... displays the rainbow trout she caught ice fishing on Wasilla Lake on Jan. 19, 2024. (Shiri Segal / Alaska Public Media) “I was just sitting ...

I flipped the bail on my ice fishing rod, letting the big lure free-fall ... We’ve been fortunate to fish many parts of Alaska over the past 34 years, but this experience made Tiffany and I reflect ...

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 ...

When my nephew, Kael, was about 9 years old, that formative age where the world imprints itself upon you, he came to Anchorage from his home in Unalakleet, Alaska ... sno-go to ice fish for ...

In my opinion, fish eat better when caught ice fishing. There is something special about cold-water filets. Remember though, utmost caution must be applied when heading out onto ice covered waters.

A 20-pounder is a possibility nearly anywhere they swim, and in some waters, a fish ... ice. Other good lake trout locations are deep humps and narrows in between two humps or shorelines. Begin ...

IT DIDN’T SEEM too many years ago that the end of deer season and the start of ice fishing season overlapped, at least up here in the North Country. For the first half of my career as a ...