Ice fishing in the New Year

With the New Year, the energy in town seems to be on the rise. The only thing not on the rise is the mercury inside the thermometers. We had a beautiful day on the ice but the temperature was a chilly -30. As an experiment, we would like everybody to dump a tray of ice cubes down their shorts so they can truly appreciate the sensation of ice fishing in the North.


Our first glimpse of the sun. This was as high as it got and it only stayed for about an hour or so. It's a small amount of time but it is very significant.


Mike, Steve and I took a couple hundred pulls on the auger before we could get it going. There is about 2-3 feet of auger that you can't see. The ice is about 3-4 feet thick right now and the coldest month of the year is coming.


Finally breaking through the ice. There is a lot of mist from the "warm" water hitting the cold air.


Mike and Jamie after a job well done. We were definetely happy to have the power auger because chipping the ice would have taken a long time.


I think Laura is really loving the return of the sun.


Here is Laura and Steve. He's a nurse in town and joined us on our fishing adventure.