Ice fishing – and why

Some people just love to fish no matter how cold it gets. Others simply love winter — ice, snow and all. But for many, it’s a way to get outdoors and do something.

By Doug Smith, Star Tribune

Ice fishing is ubiquitous in Minnesota, home to the largest ice angler population in the nation.

Most of us don’t give a second thought when thousands of ice fishing houses and thickly dressed anglers show up each winter on frozen lakes and rivers around the state.

That just happens here.

But it’s also what makes us unique.

“Ice fishing is this really distinctive thing of living up north; people who don’t live here think it’s nutty,” said Greg Breining of St. Paul.

And, of course, staring for hours into a faintly illuminated hole bored through the ice is a little bit nutty. But several hundred thousand of us do it anyway.  Click Link Below For Full Story!

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