If You Don't Ice Fish...You wouldn't understand

I'm all for ice safety. I'd say that all of us probably are. But so many aspects of ice fishing seem very dangerous to people who don't ice fish themselves. For example, connecting a ladder to the main ice on a lake, or wearing chest waders and hopping on the main ice shelf is not really a dangerous activity if you know the lake well enough. Especially if the water you are crossing to get to the ice is shallow and the water you are going to be fishing is shallow. Many people though, think it's crazy that I do such a thing. But, I don't think it's very risky when I'm drilling through 15 inches of ice on the main lake. The shores pulled away a little bit, but no big deal. Any other examples you can think of where If you don't ice fish, you wouldn't understand...

Ah I thInk I got ya! I run my one man. If anyone wants to come they get to bring the sled and hub ;)

n. pike, I ice fish, and still do not understand. Woohoo!! Spring!

Cds, looks like you have room for one more then!

I'm torn on the warm up....while the rest of the world is excited, (and I'll admit, it feels nice), I'm dreading the ice melt that is occurring. Want ice to last as long as possible. If you don't ice fish....

Driving past the local golf course because you know their ponds are going to be the first water to lock up….

The ice is comming next week. And I am more excited to go ice fishing next weekend than deer in two weeks. Its a Miracle an early start to the ice season.

Going to Lambeau Field tomorrow to watch the Packers woop up on the Bears while breaking in your Ice Armor suit and new boots... If you don't ice fish or know a great team when you see it, you wouldn't understand.

Chopping down a Ice heave. Laying down planks to drive our old S-10 across. Snowing like crazy ended up being 6 inches, using a old magellan 310 to find our hot spot off the mouth of the Wolf. Catching a limit of walleye off Alder creek with your Best Friend.If you do not Ice Fish......

It's October 31. Snow squalls and wind gusts of 50 mph blowing in off Lake Michigan. Everyone else is unhappy. You are thinking : "oh yeah. This is more like it!". If you don't ice fish.......

Finished putting the boats away up north and rearranged the shed so that the portable and snowmobiles were in front. That got me excited and daydreaming about orange and red flags going up. If you don't ice fish...