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December 19, 2010 - 10:41 pm
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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:

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December 20, 2010 - 8:02 am
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Isn't ice fishing kinda like a hot water heater? 😮
I get all the ice I need in my freezer. Why would I want to fish for it?

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December 20, 2010 - 9:31 am
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Its official - Ranger Smith has way to much time on his hands..... :2funny:

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December 20, 2010 - 4:50 pm
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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.

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January 5, 2011 - 3:14 pm
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Raccon Creek SP here W PA has a great ice fishing class.  My sons' Cub Scout pack has gone the last couple years.  The have quick class about ice fishing and then take you out on the ice to fish.  They supply everything. 

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January 5, 2011 - 4:20 pm
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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

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January 5, 2011 - 4:52 pm
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We are hoping to do a day trip at French Creek SP and then the wekend by Ricketts Glenn SP.

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January 6, 2011 - 6:26 pm
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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.

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January 6, 2011 - 7:46 pm
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You normally drill holes with an auger.
[img width=300 height=300]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21L%2B2TnWLOL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]or[img width=300 height=300]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CLSr%2Bn6zL._AA300_.jpg[/img]

You normally fish with a smaller rod or tip-up.
[img width=300 height=300]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/211--VFX55L._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]or[img width=300 height=300]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31edTUtnvuL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]

after setting up a dozen tip-ups, you hide in a shelter with window, watching for a flag to pop up.
[img width=300 height=300]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A10RP063L._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]
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]

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December 27, 2011 - 3:29 pm
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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:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/jdizz66/sled.jpg

[img width=640 height=480]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg22/bart607/sledII001.jpg[/img]

A pile of PVC and fittings, see what happens.  😀

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December 27, 2011 - 4:13 pm
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Better hope for a frigid air mass to just sit over PA for a few weeks or you won't be going ice fishing anywhere in the near future. :'(
Jason

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December 27, 2011 - 4:42 pm
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I'm not sure if the weatherman's right but I hope the averages are close.  ::)  High around 33, low in the teens.

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December 27, 2011 - 4:51 pm
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Does this count ...?

[img width=640 height=493]http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h226/dww0825/pf-130.jpg[/img]

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January 3, 2012 - 10:15 am
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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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January 3, 2012 - 8:01 pm
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BBRRR no thank you, I like the shelter 8)

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January 4, 2012 - 8:15 am
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We set up a shelter on the ice but normally fish with 4 or 5 other guys so we all hang out and use the shelter to warm up if needed.  It great to enjoy the outdoors, if your dressed for it.

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January 5, 2012 - 6:53 pm
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Hope this cold sticks around long enough to freeze things up.  Might be a short hard water season but we'll make it out there.

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December 30, 2012 - 7:15 pm
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We have great fishing in Wisconsin
[img width=640 height=480]http://www.yayboo.com/photos/0/lg/15800.jpg[/img]

This isn't the best ice fishing but I always laugh when I see this picture
http://www.primeself-storage.com/cms/uploads/files/truck-ice-fishing.jpg

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December 31, 2012 - 10:31 am
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I hope the weather is better this year.  Did not get out at all last year.  Not enough ice.

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