Ice Fishing Spoons

There’s a specific kind of silence that settles over a frozen lake around 3 p.m. on a grey January afternoon — the kind where you start questioning every life choice that led you to a five-gallon bucket over eight feet of water. That’s usually when a good rattle spoons ice fishing setup earns its keep. … Read more

There’s a specific kind of quiet that settles over a frozen lake at 7 a.m., broken only by the crunch of your boots and the hollow thunk of an auger biting through 30 centimetres of blue ice. You drop a lure down the hole, give it one sharp lift-and-drop, and then… nothing happens for three … Read more

There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles over a frozen lake at 7 a.m., broken only by the crunch of your boots and the whir of an auger biting through eighteen inches of ice. Then you drop a lure down the hole, and everything changes. If you’ve ever wondered why some anglers seem to … Read more