To many in the “hardcore” ice crowd, tip-up fishing is a joke. It’s for meat fishermen only. It’s for lazy people. Well, I say that seeing a flag pop up is the hard-water equivalent of ...

Ice fishing tip ups are devices set on the ice above fishing holes that dangle bait beneath them using a flag as a strike indicator. When a fish takes the bait, the reel turns and releases the line ...

The more lightweight the rod, the lighter the line needed. Instead of dealing with ice fishing reels and rods, some anglers prefer to fish with an item of ice fishing equipment called a tip up, which ...

Setting “traps” or “tip-ups” paired with live bait is probably the ... Jig rods are essentially mini fishing poles and are also very popular with ice anglers that prefer a more active style of fishing ...

Ice fishing is traditionally practiced with ultra-short fishing rods...we went to the other end of the spectrum and picked up the longest rod in town for a little ice fishing challenge! SUBSCRIBE ...

Fisherman holding fishing rod on the background of the frozen river. Fisherman is fishing in wintertime. Ice fishing concept. 4K fisherman caught a pike in the winter. close-up selective focus. slow ...

Ice fishing offers a way to get out on the ice, fish through the colder months and sometimes even see the aurora borealis.

He has tested thermoses and ice cleats ... and pole tips that are less robust than the hardware on our other picks, and the cork takes longer to soften. The poles held up well during our testing ...

That should not deter you, however, from getting into surf fishing ... up or down the beach, not directly at the waves. Make sure your lure or rig is dangling 2 to 3 feet from the end of the rod ...

Head up Santa Claus ... out like in North Pole? According to Cody, enjoying the outdoors helps. "We go snowboarding," he tells Newsbeat. "Also there's snowmobiling and ice-fishing." ...

What this South American country lacks in first-world comforts it makes up for in unvarnished ... reach the North Pole. Expert guides will save you from frostbite and shifting ice.