Comments on: So you want to ice fish on Green Bay?

By: Ally

Ally — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:15:11 +0000

Heard about this on TV last night……pretty wild….not a good way to lose a vehicle. Have met some great people from Wisconsin who retired here in Smith Valley. They have some great cold weather tales to tell.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:46:32 +0000

I’m sure it does :-)

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:30:22 +0000

I’m guessing a little consumption of liquid courage also helps to pass the time in those little huts.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:29:47 +0000

I was watching a TV show about what folks do in the winter back here in Wisconsin and the person hosting the show asked a guy why people ice fish, snowmobile, and do the other things we do for outdoor recreation in the winter. The guy’s reply was that we live back here, it’s a long, cold winter, and if you want to do what you really love doing then you learn to deal with the cold and do it anyway. I have learned that this is true. That’s how I feel about going out and shooting pictures when it’s freaking cold out.

Having said that, I’m still not sold on ice fishing yet. I will give it a try someday and then I’ll let you guys know what I think about it. I would think if the fish were biting, it might not be that bad. If they aren’t biting, it would most likely suck. I’ve fished in some pretty cold weather in the Sierra, when the fish are biting you don’t feel the cold :-)

By: Allie

Allie — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:19:01 +0000

OMG what a story to tell!! Do tell if they ever get the cars off…. There goes your rates!!

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:32:54 +0000

Hopefully they caught some fish and can at least eat if they are stuck. I like to fish……but I don’t like cold weather, so I think I will pass on the ice fishing. I’m sure if you have that little shack set up with a nice toasty heater going it might not be so bad. But, if the ice cracks and you are floating away….you’d never know if you were inside the little shack. I’ll stick to fishing along the shores of river or lake.

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:24:52 +0000

As I read that and also the posts at the Mille Lacs website I’m still struggling to understand the allure of ice fishing. Sounds miserable to me. As they say, perhaps its an “acquired taste”.