Ice fishing is almost as exhilarating as skydiving!

I haven't been around the busse forum as much as I used to be a few years ago, but I still love my swatmandu! My most used mid size fixed blade for sure.

Today it's chopping bait for chum, keeping holes open from freezing and chopping ice.
 
Ice fishing is fun if you are prepared, and it looks like you were. The one time I went in Minnesota my friend had a portable tent built on an ice sled; after you marked and drilled the holes the sled was pushed over them and the conduit runners were dropped.
We had a small heater and radio in there and were quite comfortable, enough to remove our parkas.
 
shinyedges said:
Good seeing you around! Hope you had a good Christmas and you have a good new year.
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Likewise, man. These days I'm either here or Lon Humphrey's FB group (through my wife's FB account). Jerry's and Lon's knives are the only ones that interest me anymore. I even sold off my Emersons and edc a Hinderer xm-18 slicer (non flipper).

I hope you got all you wanted from the jolly fat man, and have a great New Year!
 
Aias said:
Likewise, man. These days I'm either here or Lon Humphrey's FB group (through my wife's FB account). Jerry's and Lon's knives are the only ones that interest me anymore. I even sold off my Emersons and edc a Hinderer xm-18 slicer (non flipper).

I hope you got all you wanted from the jolly fat man, and have a great New Year!
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You sold off your Emersons :eek: holy hell!

Lon makes a hell of a knife, I remember the one matt (charlie mike) edc'd and that sucker was beautiful.

If you want a waved 0452cf hit me up, I'll hook you up.
 
Private Klink said:
Ice fishing is fun if you are prepared, and it looks like you were. The one time I went in Minnesota my friend had a portable tent built on an ice sled; after you marked and drilled the holes the sled was pushed over them and the conduit runners were dropped.
We had a small heater and radio in there and were quite comfortable, enough to remove our parkas.
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Preparation is key to good ice fishing. I had to learn the hard way. I'm born and raised in Florida but moved to northern michigan a few years ago lol
 
Related to ice fishing, the first thing I thought of is the movie Grumpy Old Men - it's pretty funny!
 
I'll say this about ice fishing, about the beginning of March when lake is breaking up, we get the best local news stories of the Coast Guard giving $5000 helicopter rides and bazillion dollar fines for polluting to the guys who lost their trucks, shantys' 4-wheelers and whatever else when they become fish attraction features at the bottom of Erie.

Shinyedges, I thought I heard superior was freezing over, is that so? I know it's cold as the Arctic in the UP, wouldn't doubt it- record low temps for everyone north of Jacksonville LOL!
 
Leonardo63 said:
I'll say this about ice fishing, about the beginning of March when lake is breaking up, we get the best local news stories of the Coast Guard giving $5000 helicopter rides and bazillion dollar fines for polluting to the guys who lost their trucks, shantys' 4-wheelers and whatever else when they become fish attraction features at the bottom of Erie.

Shinyedges, I thought I heard superior was freezing over, is that so? I know it's cold as the Arctic in the UP, wouldn't doubt it- record low temps for everyone north of Jacksonville LOL!
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Superior froze over 2 or 3 years ago, superior is surprisingly rough and cold!! I camp on lake superior in the fall when the coho salmon are there, beautiful place.

Right now the lake I'm fishing has around 10 inches of ice, a pick up truck was on it yesterday, but I only take the 4 wheeler. A few years ago when superior froze, this same lake had around 20 inches of ice!! Augering the holes was a nightmare lol
 
shinyedges said:
Preparation is key to good ice fishing. I had to learn the hard way. I'm born and raised in Florida but moved to northern michigan a few years ago lol
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That move must have been quite the shock to the system! We used to do a lot of ice fishing in Montana, mostly for yellow perch and trout. Did you have any luck/fishing for anything in particular?
 
Hard Knocks said:
That move must have been quite the shock to the system! We used to do a lot of ice fishing in Montana, mostly for yellow perch and trout. Did you have any luck/fishing for anything in particular?
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Mostly looking for walleye and perch, but northern pike are just as delicious. The pike need to be cut a little different because they have y bones, but once you know how, you can get a beautiful boneless fillet that eats as good as any other lake fish! Only the one pike yesterday, but I'm in the shanty again right now with the wife and kids, so hopefully we get a few more for dinner.

In September we'll go up to superior for the coho and lake trout.
 
shinyedges said:
Only the one pike yesterday, but I'm in the shanty again right now with the wife and kids, so hopefully we get a few more for dinner.
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Nice! I hope you get plenty to eat tonight :thumbsup:

Ya the first time I caught a pike that line of Y bones really threw me for a loop. I tried to just filet them off like I would a bass lol :oops: I sure like eating them though once you get it figured out. Good luck!
 
Hard Knocks said:
Nice! I hope you get plenty to eat tonight :thumbsup:

Ya the first time I caught a pike that line of Y bones really threw me for a loop. I tried to just filet them off like I would a bass lol :oops: I sure like eating them though once you get it figured out. Good luck!
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We had the same problem when we first started catching pike. I love bass fishing, I also did a lot of lake and canal fishing and everglades fishing as well as pier fishing in florida. I only went out deep sea fishing a handful of times.

Fishing up here is way different, but can be good too. Thanks for the good wishes ,I hope we bring home a few more too.
 
Nice pics !! It’s been years since I’ve been out ice fishing. All good times :-)

Best of luck out there !! And stay warm !
 
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