When winter arrives and those icy chills replace the Autumn thrills, most of us tend to curl up beside the fire with a good book, grab a hot chocolate or watch a classic movie. If you live in the northern middle states of the US however, you bundle up in your warmest clothes, pull on your hat, mittens, and boots, and head out the door to follow in the footsteps of your great grandparents, grandparents, and parents. You go ice fishing.
For people who don’t ice fish, it’s a very confusing pastime. The most common question being– but why? The very words, “ice fishing,” suggest the bleakest aspects of northern winters and stoic people.
Before it became a sport, ice fishing was an ancient means of survival for northern people. Alone, with friends, or with a lake full of competitors, it’s a chance to take in the fresh air and earn your status as their hardy descendant…
But for us, the coolest thing about ice fishing are probably those tiny little fish houses…
We might just stick with our oven-ready fish sticks for dinner this evening. But you go on ahead!
