Boots on the ice

**rebel** · 01-02-2011, 11:47 AM

Anyone else doing a little ice fishing?

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**crimescene450** · 01-02-2011, 12:48 PM

Me and my dad are gonna try this for the first time this weekend probably.

Anything i should know?

**LowKey** · 01-02-2011, 01:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Vfz_Mf9gs

Just can't bring myself to go ice fishing. They have tournies on the lake but I'm not a fan of sitting out in the wind (or in a hut) on a frozen block of ice waiting for a flag to tip. I'll stick to warmer, more uh...active...types of fishing.
Would be a good survival skill to have though... Should look into it more.

**crashdive123** · 01-02-2011, 01:25 PM

Still waiting for temps to drop a little. Until then, I guess the ice in the beer cooler will have to do.

**tipacanoe** · 01-02-2011, 02:48 PM

The ice here just isn't safe at this time. The snow we had last week, weighed the ice down, then it turned warm to boot. It is in the mid 40's today, we need a good five day's of teens to firm it up. I am ready to go as soon as it does. The warden service has put up warnings about thin ice even up north in the state.

**flandersander** · 01-02-2011, 02:55 PM

I spent a couple hundred hours converting an old camper into an ice shack. I got all finished, but I cheaped out on the wood stove, and the paint on the outside of the stove caught fire. Burned the whole thing to the ground. $300 shack, and about $1000 worth of tools, not to mention my ice fishing camera... Gone. So I guess the short answer is no, I won't be ice fishing this year. Maybe next year...

**Rick** · 01-02-2011, 04:31 PM

Thankfully, you weren't in it. Sorry to hear about the shack. That would definitely put me in a bad mood.

No ice fishing here. No ice.

**crashdive123** · 01-02-2011, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by flandersander

I spent a couple hundred hours converting an old camper into an ice shack. I got all finished, but I cheaped out on the wood stove, and the paint on the outside of the stove caught fire. Burned the whole thing to the ground. $300 shack, and about $1000 worth of tools, not to mention my ice fishing camera... Gone. So I guess the short answer is no, I won't be ice fishing this year. Maybe next year...

Was there a Cold Steel Knife in there?

**mountain1** · 01-02-2011, 05:13 PM

i'm planning on getting out with a couple of friends in the next week or two. we go quite a bit every year.
we mainly just catch a buzz!!

**wildWoman** · 01-02-2011, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by tipacanoe

The ice here just isn't safe at this time. The snow we had last week, weighed the ice down, then it turned warm to boot. It is in the mid 40's today, we need a good five day's of teens to firm it up. I am ready to go as soon as it does. The warden service has put up warnings about thin ice even up north in the state.

A quick, easy, and accurate way to test the thickness of ice is with a cordless drill. Mark however many inches you need to be safe on the drill bit (take a long one, obviously) with a piece of duct tape and then just keep checking the ice.

**rebel** · 01-02-2011, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by flandersander

I spent a couple hundred hours converting an old camper into an ice shack. I got all finished, but I cheaped out on the wood stove, and the paint on the outside of the stove caught fire. Burned the whole thing to the ground. $300 shack, and about $1000 worth of tools, not to mention my ice fishing camera... Gone. So I guess the short answer is no, I won't be ice fishing this year. Maybe next year...

Dang, I'm sorry to hear about your shack!

**rebel** · 01-02-2011, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by crimescene450

Me and my dad are gonna try this for the first time this weekend probably.

Anything i should know?

Wear good boots.

**rwc1969** · 01-02-2011, 09:25 PM

Not yet, planning an overnighter at the end of the month though.

**crimescene450** · 01-02-2011, 09:41 PM

What type of tackle or/and bait should i use? Just the same as the summer stuff?

We're gonna be fishing on a lake (pymatuning on ohio/penn border), with crappie, walleye, and perch, etc..

**flandersander** · 01-02-2011, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

Was there a Cold Steel Knife in there?

K, crash, settle down about that, I'm getting another one.

**tipacanoe** · 01-02-2011, 10:50 PM

WM, using the cordless drill sounds like the best idea I have heard of for checking the depth. I would think it is the quickest as well. Thanks, I'm going to mention it to the guy's at work in the morning.

**rebel** · 01-03-2011, 12:27 AM

Originally Posted by crimescene450

What type of tackle or/and bait should i use? Just the same as the summer stuff?

We're gonna be fishing on a lake (pymatuning on ohio/penn border), with crappie, walleye, and perch, etc..

How much do you want to spend? What do you have for ice fishing? As you can see this can be as complicated as you want to make it. You could start with what is available to see what you may want:http://search.gandermountain.com/?cn...Ne=1000&N=1518