I need to find a few winter hobbies to get me thru these few months every year. brrrrrr :-
I have two weekends plans for ice fishing at a few state parks in northeastern PA. I haven't tried it since I was a kid but I'm looking forward to it.
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/ice.htm
With the cold weather, I'd expect that we will be renting cabins and having very large campfires. :smore:
Bring on the hard water 😀 I haven't been out in a few years. It wasn't until I got married that I went ice fishing, a couple guys from work took me out to a nice mill pond and we caught pickerl all day. I've only been out a few times but it's been a blast, much more of a social scene than "warm weather" fishing. We take the lawn chairs out, drink coffee and grill some steaks for lunch.
Joecamper,
Which state parks are you going to? I live right near Beltzville Lake State Park and there are always people fishing there in the winter. I've never tried it. My DW, DS and I were going to do an ice fishing class at Mauch Chunk Lake last year, but the week they were going to have it there was a warm spell and they were concerned about having large groups of people concentrated on one part of the lake, so the class was cancelled.
Jason
I have never ice fished. Must you have one of those short little poles? Can you use a regular fishing pole or will you get laughed at? What can you use to chop the ice? I am going to be at French Creek next weekend and may take a walk out onto the ice.
Matt O 2006 Skyline Nomad 27' travel trailer. Previously owned 1986 Coleman Columbia / 1992 Coleman Senecca / 1989 Born Free Class C RV.
You normally drill holes with an auger.
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You normally fish with a smaller rod or tip-up.
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after setting up a dozen tip-ups, you hide in a shelter with window, watching for a flag to pop up.
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after, pack up your stuff in your sled to pull cover the ice.[img width=300 height=300]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LeXoq2aNL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]
Now that the holiday season is coming to an end and the ice fishing trip is only a few weeks away, I've decided to do a mod to my sled by adding PVC around the outside to better organize my gear. The sled is just plain, like this:
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I'm not going this far with it but here is an example of a few others mods:
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A pile of PVC and fittings, see what happens. 😀
This is the start of a PVC frame around the sled.
[img width=640 height=480]https://canvascampers.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=740[/img]
It's almost completed, I'm waiting to add the collapsible shovel.
[img width=640 height=480]https://canvascampers.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=745[/img]
[img width=640 height=480]https://canvascampers.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=742[/img]
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