BELL EWART, Ontario -- It was one of those late winter days that felt like spring. Seagulls drifted overhead and Canada geese honked from the ice-clad shoreline. Suddenly a man's voice cried out, ...

BEAVERTON, Ontario — I saw just the slightest twitch of my line, picked up on it, felt weight, and set the hook. Not too much later I had a 10-inch perch flopping on the ice. I was on Lake Simcoe, ...

It's the season to go ice fishing, but for area anglers it's more difficult to find places with safe ice than finding fish. That prolonged January thaw had some anglers putting boats into waters where ...