I think my very old "Green Hornet #3" would have had a serious physical and mental breakdown under such conditions. Two pound test line on a cranky old reel, mounted to about a 24-inch green fiberglass rod from the early 60s. It works great with small bluegill and crappie
Dang, it is cold here. We got about 10 inches of snow yesterday. The good part is that it was really easy to plow because it was so darn cold. It only went down to 0 F degrees last night, but it has sure been windy. It has now made it all the way to +7 F, as of 1:00 PM. I have no idea of what the windchill might be.
It is too cold to go measure how much ice the ponds might have here. But, whatever they might be, I ain't going after any under-ice monsters.
It would be great if Cecil could get the job of mounting this thing -- and we could have an ice fishing article about it.
Thanks for posting.
Ken
Ken, who is that old guy out there? He really shouldn't be fishing alone...I hope you kept an eye on him. Not safe.
This past springtime I was fishing one of our DNR's trophy bluegill lakes when my canoe was rammed by another canoe. It was a young game warden.
He started to give me grief because I wasn't wearing a life vest. I told him politely that was not the law in my size canoe. He gave me other grief. I basically told him to F-off,and told him that if I died while fishing -- that would be a perfect way to go!
I didn't get arrested or ticketed that day.
Sometimes it is good to be "mature" and also to know a lot of the senior DNR folks by being active in our state's aquaculture.
I haven't seen that young man since that day.
Anyway, I don't go out on the ice unless I know it is at least 6 inches thick. I think it was about 8-10 when that photo was taken.
I also had spikes (handles with nails in the ends-- not like the spikes used as bait) in my pockets, tied together with a rope behind my back.
But, thanks for the concern.
