Thorough update of Griffin’s 1985 ice-fishing guide, including all new photography - Insights on tactics and species from experienced locals - Includes the latest on tackle, clothing, ice conditions, shelters, and electronics Steve Griffin has been ice fishing and writing about it for more than forty years. He published the first edition of his ice-fishing guide with Stackpole in the mid-80s and now updates it to include and celebrate all that has changed in the sport including the current methods for taking walleye, pike, perch, trout, and panfish. Griff's passion for ice fishing in the cold North is as clear as his crisp, entertaining writing style. His focus on bringing anglers the best techniques and equipment for finding and catching hardwater fish encouraged me to get off the couch and into the ice shanty. -- Randy Vance, editor at large for Boating and Saltwater Sportsman magazines and author of Power Boating for Dummies It takes a great deal of experience to enjoy, let alone be successful, ice fishing. Griff has that expertise and creates a must-read resource for any ice fisherman, regardless of experience, to be more successful and to understand the 'why' and 'how' to make the magic happen. -- Jim Lepage, former president of Scientific Anglers and VP of Orvis Outdoors, and a lifelong ice fisherman Steven A. Griffin is a writer who has specialized in the outdoors for his entire career. He is author or co-author of nine books, including Snowshoeing , The Camping Sourcebook , The Fishing Sourcebook , First Aid for Youths (with Buck Tilton), and a four-book Outdoor Kids series with his then-elementary-school-age daughter, Elizabeth. He writes regularly for Michigan Outdoor News , the Midland (MI) Daily News , and Michigan Out-of-Doors magazine and has won dozens of outdoor writer organization awards at the state, regional, and national level for both writing and photography. He has also taught journalism at Central Michigan University. Steve lives in the ice-fishing state of Michigan.