Ice fishing is Nice wishing

[theking]

no clue when this might be

"no clue" is pretty weak for a person that claimed to be "the hmong Nostradamus and is always right"..

NO WONDER he got "SKUNKED" every time he goes fishing...(hmgLIAR's WORDS, NOT "we all"..)

 

[VillainousHero]

you still ice fishing??
man, i just don’t trust these warm weather

too dangerous

i usually wait till we get like the first -10 degree before i even step out

no clue when this might be

gettin longer every year

I'll say it like this.  I go ice fishing not for ice fishing but for some other meaning to life. 

In the last few years, I've probably bought more fishing gear than I have over my life time of fishing and not even a fair comparison.  I'm kind of old school, so not so much into electronics, but then mostly for ice fishing as since that really is the game changer.  Gotta have at least a reliable basic flasher unit or two for backup.  Basic bait and gas probably cost me more, than the tool and gears ever will.  But since I was probably one of the first Hmong ice fishing person, the days of early ice with an axe or hammer are long past.  Those were the foolhardy time of youth.  Never will I forget the steel drink can, line, and bobber.  Oh and you gotta have a rock or two, maybe better with those glass marbles as bait alarm in the steel drink can.

If I die by falling through the ice, well it's a good way to die.  To enjoy life to the end.  Please do not drag my body out of the iced lake. 

[hmgROCK]

early ice is cool
but man
too risky

you get like 4 inches and then 1 inches in some areas
some barely hanging on

i need at least -10 degree
and maybe artic blast

 

[Prude]

I don't ice-fish. I like to be able to cast all over the places in long-distance shots
for fun. I don't like sitting there for something to bend the poles for me.

So, on equipment, I have purchased just five reels and four poles. Still hunting for one more pole for the
that Shimano Stradic reel so I can have a complete set for life. Trouts, white bass, eyes,
cats, carps, sturgeons--all kinds of freshwater species, I'd be ready for.

I'll say it like this.  I go ice fishing not for ice fishing but for some other meaning to life. 

In the last few years, I've probably bought more fishing gear than I have over my life time of fishing and not even a fair comparison.  I'm kind of old school, so not so much into electronics, but then mostly for ice fishing as since that really is the game changer.  Gotta have at least a reliable basic flasher unit or two for backup.  Basic bait and gas probably cost me more, than the tool and gears ever will.  But since I was probably one of the first Hmong ice fishing person, the days of early ice with an axe or hammer are long past.  Those were the foolhardy time of youth.  Never will I forget the steel drink can, line, and bobber.  Oh and you gotta have a rock or two, maybe better with those glass marbles as bait alarm in the steel drink can.

If I die by falling through the ice, well it's a good way to die.  To enjoy life to the end.  Please do not drag my body out of the iced lake. 

[VillainousHero]

So I'm wondering where are all the falling through the ice reports this year?

 

[VillainousHero]

I guess I was a few days too soon.  The reports of vehicals falling in through the ice are coming in.  Early ice, is just not for full sized trucks with permanents ice shacks, big ones.

[VillainousHero]

+50F temps in February is so rare. 

[hmgROCK]

hit the ice during those -20 to -30 a couple weeks ago
it was hard fishing
my buddy heater die on me

100% inside tent or die to extreme cold

 

[VillainousHero]

Well temperature swing back to freezing...als o all that bare ground is again covered with snow.

[Prude]

We don't have frozen lakes and rivers here. But I know I'll enjoy water-fishing for fish more.

[VillainousHero]

Wow...old man winter just won't give up.

I thought this winter storm was just another exaggerated weatherman hype...but it's a respectable winter storm.

[Prude]

I think the ice should be letting go now.