Ice Fishing

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Be extremely cautious as the ice conditions are highly variable from lake to lake. Read more about ice safety before heading out for your next ice fishing trip.

Walleye

If you are looking for a great time to take your kids fishing, keep in mind the Take A Kid Ice Fishing Weekend, February 15-17, 2013.

If you are novice ice angler, here is an article with great information to help you get started. If you want to get your children excited about ice fishing, check out this fun activity book. This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.

Check out the list below for great destinations to take your kids ice fishing!

Battle Creek Lake (Woodbury) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.)

Beaver Lake (St. Paul) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.) Beaver Lake is a good place to try for northern pike and some decent size bluegill.

Como Lake (St. Paul) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.) A good place to try for northern pike.

Crystal Lake (Prior Lake) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.) A good place to try for smaller largemouth bass this winter and an occasional sunfish.

Handlos Pond (White Bear Lake)

Jordan Mill Pond (Jordan) - Give it a try this winter, it has been stocked with bluegills, largemouth bass and black crappies

Marthaler Pond (West St. Paul) - Marthaler is worth a try, but oxygen can become depleted in this shallow pond, so early/mid winter is probably best. There is also a nice sledding hill next to the lake.

McColl Pond (Savage) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.) McColl Pond has been producing smaller bluegills but is stocked with catchable channel catfish and largemouth bass.

Powers Lake (Woodbury) - Powers has some very nice sized pike, plus many small perch and sunfish that are always willing to bite.

Riverpointe Pond (Watertown) - Riverpointe would be worth a try this winter for panfish. This pond also has channel catfish and largemouth bass stocked into the pond.

Silver Lake (Columbia Heights) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.)

Wakefield Lake (Maplewood)

Wirth Lake (Minneapolis) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.) Wirth Lake might be a good place to take in an early evening or morning for walleye and northern pike.

Wolfe Lake (St. Louis Park) - (Aeration System This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.) This is a good place to try this winter for northern pike, yellow perch and some smaller black crappies.

Youth Fishing Pond (Bloomington) - Be extra cautious of the ice as this pond contains springs. This is a good place to catch northern pike, bluegills and maybe a catfish through the ice.

 

 

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