Anyone been Ice fishing!!!

[russell56443]

Well guys,I went ice fishing for the first time today,It was GREAT!!!
We finally got SNOW too,about 8 inches just in the time we were there on the lake!!!
I had a blast,we fished from about 12 pm to 6 and I won the pool!!!!
Not much of a catch but I beat out 6 guys for the biggest fish,the owner of the fish house was bragging about his fish finder and was about 4 feet from me and said theres a fish after his line and I started moving my bait and got his fish,a nice sized sunfish!!!
I won $10.00 lol,hell I drank his Brandy,beer and Schnapps and didnt have to drive home and got free drinks at the bar after it was all over!!!
I would say it was a good fricking day!!!!!!
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[xman23]

yea we got hit hard with snow in wisconsin to, i was bout to go ice fishing today but i wouldnt make it on the ice with my truck, nice catch by the way

[smokinwrench]

So how cold was it there today?
How thick does the ice have to be befroe you can drive a pickup on it?
How do you keep the hole from freezing over?
Do you just leave your fishing house in the same spot all winter?
I assume you just use a posthole digger to dig the hole.

[Kintore]

Raffas been all over this, he loves to fish and hes got another mile high thread probably around here somewhere! :lol:

Ive never been ice fishing, looks cool!

[Bryan Raffa]

HaHaHa.. Just got done,, caught 4 pike today nothing big enough to talk about.

[russell56443]

It was about 26' when we were out there,lots of snow though!!
They leave them out on the ice all winter after theres a good 12' of ice.
They move them around to diffrent locations too but the guys all have there favorite spots.
You have to keep an eye on them though,if it snows alot,the weight of the snow will make the water come up through the holes under the house and refreeze,then you cant move the house and thats not good,your floor will be a sheet of ice lol!!
You would bend the blades on a set of post hole diggers lol,there are to kinds of drills,one hand cranked and the other has a motor,thats the way to go!!
You have to go and dip the ice out with a scoop or your hand,it is pretty chilly doing it by hand lol !!!
It was fun,cant wait to try it again!!!

[3 weelin geezer]

Ah, what a contrast. Hot dogs and snow. I can almost smell those. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/3_weelin_geezer/smileys/popcorn1.gif
Just watch out that someone doesn't "find" that shack.

It was a very nice day today. Almost went shooting but I want to get my bike ready for summer.

[brapp]

i set up 4 tip ups out on the big pond today and started cuttign laps aorund them on the 350x lolnedless to say i am not out 2 tip ups and cought a few pickrel abotu 22 inches or so.

[russell56443]

Well went back today for about 3 hrs,caught a perch,2 sunfish and a Northern but the season on Northern's ended Sunday so we let it go.
I love Ice ice fishing,figures when I meet someone with a fish house the season ends lol!!!
Were still going to go out and sit on the ice and fish over the next month until it gets to risky :D

[Bryan Raffa]

I got till march 15th

[russell56443]

Damn,farther up north they can stay out till then but in our area its the 1st :(
Next year Im going to have a house of my own,I found a nice one for $1400,just pull it out on the lake and fish!!!
Propane heater,reels,bunks everything is there and it's bigger than the one I was fishing in this year!!
Im trying to sell a truck and a Mini School bus so maybe I can get it??

[topoortorideon4]

i was out last saturday and i pulled out a 36 inch silver pike. have anyon ever heard of them

[nate b]

only made it out once this year, didnt even get to pull the big shack out, just used my portable. got a brand new jiffy auger this year too and only drilled about 15 holes. Caught 1 northern, 1 rock bass, 15 bluegills, and a largemouth all on my jig pole. Seen a silver pike cought once long time ago out on lake erie.