PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — TJ Erickson, Park Rapids educator, former guide and popular YouTube content creator, covers a variety of topics designed to help people learn more about some aspect of fishing.

From tips to catch first ice walleyes, to an Advent calendar for bass anglers, to ice fishing tips and resorts on Red Lake, MN, these stories captured our Sports Illustrated fishing reader’s attention ...

After 28 years of owning a resort on Mille Lacs, Kevin McQuoid sold his business a couple of years ago. But he still knows how important ice fishing was on that big lake to his operation's bottom line ...

There’s something electric about first ice. The crunch of ice creepers underfoot. The frosty breath hangs in the air. The quiet cutting of fresh holes as first light brings the ice above and below ...

Tasty crappies have been hungry in several Western New York ice-fishing locations. Take note of minimum size and daily bag limit regulations depending where you fish. Photo by Steve Hawkins The ...

Ice fishing isn’t something I do too much of, but during the past couple of years, I have caught the bug. Two years in a row, I’ve headed up to Devils Lake to fish with McQuoid Outdoors. I wanted to ...

Ice fishing isn’t something I do too much of, but over the past couple of years, I have caught the bug. Two years in a row, I’ve headed up to Devils Lake to fish with McQuoid Outdoors. I wanted to ...

Walleye fishing opens this Saturday in Minnesota, with tips from Glen Schmitt on bait availability and shallow water hotspots. Cooler temperatures may change the game for local anglers.

Got an extra sick day to burn? Why not make the opening day of walleye season on Friday, May 1, 2026, a three-day weekend? Because you won’t get another chance until 2037 unless you take off a Monday.

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