Ice Fishing
Ice fishing is popular and a lot of fun. Each winter thousands of anglers venture onto frozen lakes seeking fish for the dinner table as well as the trophy case. Ice fishing is of course optimal in the northern part of the country where long, cold winters have the chance to adequately freeze the area waters. Ice fishing is more than just a way to fill the days between the closing of one open water fishing season and the opening of the next. It is a chance to breathe the cold, clean winter air; to spend quiet time outdoors with family and friends, and to relax and collect one’s thoughts away from the blare of the television and radio.
Ice fishing is as much about camaraderie and getting in a little recreation during the frigid winter months as it is about the sport of fishing. For purists, ice fishing is as basic as making a hole, setting up a line and sitting on a stool waiting for the fish to bite. Those who need a few creature comforts build more robust ice houses (some fully stocked with refrigerators and satellite TVs) to keep them busy until the fish decide to make an appearance.
One of the really fun things about ice fishing is being able to see your quarry. Shovel a wide area down to bare ice around your ice fishing hole. Cover your head with a heavy quilt and look down the hole. Light penetrates the ice that has been cleared of snow, and since you are under the blanket in the dark, you are able to see into the water and watch the fish as they investigate your bait. For added fun, start saving your egg shells; crush them and dump them down your ice fishing hole. The egg shells make a light background on the bottom of the lake; you’ll see the dark-bodied fish even better!
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