Freezing temperatures are expanding the reach of safe and fishable ice.

The Sudbury, Connecticut, and Merrimack rivers all have plenty of options that are only rivaled by the diversity of species that inhabit them.

Above: Until hardwater is prevalent, trout, river pike and trout remain the top target.

Higher elevation Berkshire ponds are setting up with fishable ice while trout and pike are tightening anglers’ lines in open water.

The pike bite is picking up.

Find great gifts for your fishing buddies and a few for yourself.

Until ice sets up, open water trout remain the top ticket in town.

Trout remain the top ticket with pike and pickerel a close second.

Big black bass are ambushing prey at the edges of weedlines, and while it is the Swan Song for the Chu’ season, you have until Tuesday to get your rainbow, smallie or forktail fix!