Ice Fishing
Ice fishing is angling performed on frozen water. The fishermen may use either fishing lines or spears and they have to make a hole in the body of ice in order to gain access to the unfrozen water underneath the ice. They may sit on a stool in the open air on the ice near the opening through which they get their fish. Some fishermen have made this activity even more pleasurable as they have built cabins of wood around the opening which are heated and equipped with bunk beds so that they could also take a bit of rest.
Ice fishing is very popular especially in the cold areas on our globe. Latvia, Norway, Finland, Germany, Russia, Estonia and other Northern countries have given ice fishing the rank of favorite pastime as it has long ceased to earn one’s living now. The Great popularity levels are reputed by ice fishing in the North of the United States, as well as in Canada and Alaska.
As for the type of equipment used for ice fishing, technologies now allow the use of more complex methods with superior results. A fishing line or a spear would surely prove worthless for such kind of activity in the absence of a chisel or an ice saw to start things with. Keep in mind that an opening in the ice is required first and foremost. But water will keep freezing even after you have made the hole, so most fishermen also carry a skimmer to remove that newly formed layer of ice. Most people also rely on a heater not only for their sakes but also for keeping the area around the hole warm enough to avoid letting more ice be formed. This is the reason why wooden huts or cabins that capture the heat indoors are held in high esteem by those performing this activity.
There are three ways to go ice fishing. The first one relies on the use of small fishing rods that are not heavy but have lures or baits that are small again and very colorful. Secondly, you can tip-ups that are a great means of catching fish in large quantities within a certain period of time. And finally, let’s mention spear ice fishing that depends on large hole making and fish decoys.
Whichever the choice from the three methods, we can compare nowadays success of these fishermen’s activity with that of long ago ice fishing. It appears that today, with the help of sonars, ice fishing lovers can identify the areas where fish are located in the large body of water under the ice. Then, with the help of commercial fishing devices fishermen will make about 100 holes per day if they wished to catch large amounts of fish, very much unlike our ancestors who had to wait by the hole for the fish to come to them.
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