Survival Skills - Ice Fishing

Alexzander was able to take an ice fishing trip with his Grandpa and his Uncle Buck. His Uncle Buck bought him some ice fishing equipment for Christmas, so Alexzander was pretty excited to use his gear!

We used this opportunity to have his Uncle Buck teach him a "class" about ice fishing. Before he left we watched the following videos about ice fishing safety.

Four Ice Fishing Safety Tips
Safe Ice and Signs of Bad Ice

During his trip, he took notes about his lesson.

Alexzanders notes:

Jigging is moving your line up & down to attract fish.
Line is kept in the middle of the hole.
Tieing line-Wrap the line 8 to 13 times, feed it through hole in line, put it through other hole, tighten, trim access.
Use tipups, jigging rods.
Ice should be 6 inches to walk on & snowmobile.
12 inches to drive on. If ice is dark it is not safe.
Look for open water & springs.
Springs are in constant movement & don't freeze.
We fished for for Northern Pike, Walleyes & pan fish.
Legal limit was 25 fish per person for pan fish.