The early morning air temperature was only 15 degrees on Feb. 8, when Hayley Herzig, her boyfriend, Charlie Loehr, and his cousin, Ben Loehr, stepped out of their truck and onto the rock-solid surface ...

The sleek pike burst into view from some unknown weedbed and slashed at the 8-inch fake fish before I could even react. But rather than rear back on a rod and set the hook, first I had to pull my jaw ...

What to do while waiting? How to occupy oneself while keeping an eye out for fishable ice anywhere, some kind of start to an ice fishing season that’s already several weeks overdue? Deer, pheasant and ...