Ok - a little early yet (I hope a LOT early), but Duke is getting us ready for the inevitable (I'm sure the ice anglers hope so anyway) with a great ice fishing article about a technique to put more fish in your bucket.
Thanks Duke for thinking of us:
Noodles & Fish: The Perfect Recipeby Andrew Buss (Duke)
On the frozen waters of Northeast Indiana, there's a quiet buzz getting louder. It's putting ice anglers in a trance causing them to follow others around in a stupor of what they're witnessing: the noodle rod. Jack Cook, creator of King Noodler noodle rods, explains, "Every year, on multiple occasions, I have people following me around the lake trying to figure out what I'm doing."
| (http://www.greatlakesbass.com/images/ableonardgroh.jpg) | He's not the only one either, a trio of friends from Angola, Heath Wagner, Brad Jones, and Leonard Myers (shown here with his grandchild and a mess of proof), who use King Noodler rods extensively, experience the same phenomena ...continue article here >> (http://www.greatlakesbass.com/articles/abnoodler.html) |
ICE FISHING ???? AGHHHH! Say it isn't so....!!!
You have a little time yet... but hurry. You don't have forever.
I am going to take some time to do a little ice fishing this year...I have alot to learn when it comes to fishing through a hole in the ice.
I think my 5 year old daughter would love it...I just have to find fast and furious action before I take her..If not she will be doing somersaults across the ice when I am not looking...I kept her busy playing "I spy" last weekend on Long Lake until I found some fish for her to catch.
Taking a young kid ice fishing can be tricky. I don't think they really make warm shoes/boots for them. My daughter's feet are freezing after we go and we don't stay very long at all. I'm going to have to find some good boots at LLBean or somewhere. By the way, Duke has done a good job with this article. Having learned from Coach and Rufus and witnessed the power of this rod, it is almost like cheating out there.
Jonesy
I was the one kid who would lie over and over, "no, I'm fine... I don't wanna go home." Even though in reality I was sure my feet were already frozen solid and I was going to have to have them cut off later. But I was fishing dangit! And I didn't want to go home. If I go to the point of hypothermia setting in, I usually allowed myself to be forced to go warm up in the car.