Ice Fishing 101

Wayne took me ice fishing on a Saturday morning at Brown's Draw. Our last experience at Flaming Gorge wasn't so fun, so we had to give it another try. I can't believe how much goes into it. We really had a great time. So here is some of what I learned:
Step one: Drag all your stuff onto the ice. (it helps if you have a "sled" to put all your gear in and a four wheeler to pull it!) Step two: Drill a hole in the ice. It was at least 2 feet thick there! Wayne got a workout with his manual ice auger. Then scoop out all the ice with a special strainer type tool.

 

Step three: Immediately put a pole in the hole! Wayne says "We always put one right in, even before we set up and usually you'll catch one right off". So of course he did!

 

Step four: Reel it up, and don't let it fall back in the hole! He actually has done that a couple of times... ;)

 

Step five: Stay until you catch your limit! We actually had to start throwing some back. All in all with everyone who fished that day there were over 20 fish "on the ice"