You bait your hook with a minnow, slowly lower the line and watch the minnow sink into the dark water below the ice. While you wait you can hear the ice as it cracks and pops. What could be better on a cold winters day than to hook into a fish and pull it up through the hole in the ice. List your favorite spots to fish, techniques and bait to catch the biggest fish, photos and stories and recipes for cooking up your catch.