Sight fishing on the ice? Now you’ve seen it all. That’s how ICE FORCE Pro-Staffer Tom Neustrom weeds out big ‘gills in the late-ice season.

To set up his sight-fishing technique, Neustrom locates thick and heavy vegetation and then drills two holes above them as close to each other as possible. He then chips out the ice between the holes, creating what he calls “the snowman,” owing to its stacked-circles shape. Continue reading →