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Outage Notification: Due to scheduled maintenance, FWP's Online Licensing System will be unavailable from 6 AM-noon on Saturday, December 17. The FWP website will be unavailable the morning of Sunday, December 18. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Hard Lessons on Hard Water
Ice fishing puts the angler in touch with the elements in a way no other outdoor activity does. Fishing "hard water" is alluring for its simplicity—ice, water, wind, fish, a line in a round ice hole, and time. [Full Story]
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