Ice fishing is the practice of catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water. Ice anglers may sit on the stool in the open on a frozen lake, or in a heated cabin on the ice, some with bunks and amenities. – That’s Wikipedia’s definition. How would you define ice fishing and do you have any plans on heading out on a “frozen body of water” anytime soon?

I grew up West Palm Beach, FL. So Ice fishing is not my knowledge Base. We lived on the Indiana River and only fished at the docks where the Sport Fishing docked each night. When I was about 9 years old my Father and I started freshwater fishing too. We always cared a cooler in the boat, 12 alumicraft with 7.5 hp Johnson, to keep drinks and bait. The ice was a block about 25 lbs and it took most of the room. When we caught one that we would keep, it went into the cooler. When we returned home he would dump the cooler in the grass and we would start cleaning the fish. This happened for a long time until we got delayed by a friend and I noticed that the fish where flopping around and the gill action had returned. My Dad said that we had frozen our fish and cleaned them before they could thaw. That is my Florida Ice Fishing story.
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