Fish House Nation Podcast

Meteorologist Todd Heitkamp joins the Fish House Nation Podcast to discuss the outlook for the upcoming ice fishing season weather. Todd has good news for ice-fishing anglers! Cold temperatures appear to be headed to the Upper Midwest this year. We also talk about the upcoming 2024 Dakota Ice Institute. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

We wheelhouse anglers long for thick ice, allowing us to drive our trucks and houses out on the ice. By that time, walleyes living under the ice have usually seen a fair bit of pressure from those venturing out for the early ice walleye bonanza. Wheelhouse walleye fishing is an experience all its own but for those anglers who want to enjoy ice fishing walleyes at its finest, early ice may be the best opportunity.

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Advanced lithium batteries and solar power are on the cusp of changing how we power our fish houses. But we’re not quite there yet and the vast majority of wheelhouse ice fishing is done with generators. Here are five great tips for generators when it comes to ice fishing.

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It’s late July and summer is beginning to wind down. If you haven’t taken your wheelhouse camping yet, it’s a great time to get it out on the road and find a place to set up for the weekend or even longer. Wheelhouse manufacturers are building increasingly more creature comforts into their designs and today’s ice fishing houses are no longer limited to use on the ice. Many of them are truly year-round models with features like full kitchens and baths, air conditioning, and entertainment systems. Here are some of the big advantages of summer camping in an ice fishing house. For more information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/the-advantages-of-summer-camping-from-a-wheelhouse/

Captain Ross Robertson from Bigwater Fishing joins the Fish House Nation Podcast for Episode #180. Ross is primarily an open-water walleye guide on Lake Erie but he does do some trips during the short ice season on Lake Erie and he travels throughout the ice belt for a few destination ice trips every year. On today’s show, we discuss fishing new water. We dig into his trip to Cascade but a lot of what he talks about applies to just about any body of water and it works for both open water and ice fishing. For more fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

Episode #179 of the Fish House Nation Podcast features one of my favorite personalities and a guy we’ve had on the show a few times, it’s Pat Kalmerton. Pat is a charter captain on Lake Michigan but also does a ton of ice fishing on the big lake. Today, we’re talking panfish. Panfish are almost everyone’s first love when it comes to fishing and Pat definitely has a special place in his heart for panfish. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

Saddles... they're not just for horses anymore. It's Episode #178 of the Fish House Nation Podcast and we're discussing saddles. These hotspots are often overlooked locations on lakes and can offer fantastic fishing without fighting crowds. For more ice fishing tips and information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

It was a rough year for making ice. What if it wasn't? What if you could ice fish anywhere in the United States? We explore that question on today's episode of the Fish House Nation Podcast. From Walt Disney World to the Golden Gate Bridge and beyond, we take a look at what ice fishing would look like if we had fishable ice everywhere. Check out the photos here: https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/fantasy-ice-fishing-trips-you-cant-believe/

Alec Biegle from MarCum Technologies joins the Fish House Nation Podcast for Episode #175. Alec has a permanent fish house on Mille Lacs during most ice fishing seasons and in this episode, he discusses how he uses his underwater camera to target walleyes on Mille Lacs. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

The Minnesota DNR has set a catch & release only season for Mille Lacs walleyes during the spring & summer season of 2024. The DNR plans to allow harvest of one slot fish starting in mid-August. A decrease in the walleye forage base is the main reason for the regulation. We'll have more information on this topic coming up soon! Get all of your hard house ice fishing products over at https://catchcover.com/