"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Any fellow Yankees planning to do any ice fishing over the holidays?
If so, where, and what do you expect to catch, aside from pneumonia?

Last time I was ice fishing was about three years ago, in Ontario. It
was too damned cold for me to enjoy it more than an hour at a time.

To get back to the question at hand: Maybe. There are days when the ice
is thick, the temp's in the 30s, it's sunny, and the wind is minimal. The
same types of days when you can change your wiper blades without your
fingers getting numb. I've never ice fished because the logic of the
thing seems faulty. In order to check the thickness of the nice, you have
to get out on the ice. Hmm. But, a friend's been doing it for years and
swears he knows how to judge the ice safely. We'll see. There are perch
to be had. Tons of perch. And, lake trout & pike.


Most of the "ice fishermen" I've met head out to the hut, light up the
stove, and then tank up themselves. And they smoke, too. One such
experience was enough for me. I had to wash my plaid flannel shirt three
times to get rid of the cigarette smoke smell.


I couldn't be cooped up in a hut. If the weather's atrocious, I'm not there.