Ice-Fishing in Washington

What is Ice Fishing?

Ice fishing is a sport whereby people catch fish with lines and fish hooks (or spears) from an opening in the frozen ice.  It is usually on a lake or pond.  Ice fishermen often sit on stools in the open or in a heated cabin on the ice.

How do you fish in the Ice?

This is a great piece from Icefishingsecrets.com. 

"After many unsuccessful ice fishing expeditions, I was asking myself a lot
of questions. It seemed unusual at the time, but I one day wondered if the
rules for hunting would somehow help with ice Fishing. The rules were obvious
to hunters, but no fisherman I had ever met even mentioned that kind of thing
in relation to fish.

So I hit the books.

I decided that I would understand how fish think, and see if I could
increase my chances of success. Being a fairly studious type of person, it
didn’t take me long to devour every book I could get my hands on from the local
bookstore and the library. Within a week I knew more about Pike than 99.9% of
the world's population. And guess what happened on the next fishing trip…"

More about this fishing trip...

Hazen Audel (Untamed Science Biologist and Educator) took a trip with a local wildlife agency and students from Ferris High School in Spokane Washington.

Ice Fishing Links

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  Everything you need to know about ice fishing by the Wisconsin DNR
• Ice fishing - Wikipedia
• Ice fishing secrets