It's 10 below, and the ice is 3 feet thick, so let's go fishing

[DrownedDesertRat]

There's a brief online article about Minnesota on the Smithsonian website! So, I thought I'd share it with all of you.

[url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/replica_jpg.html"][/url][url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/jkhouse_jpg.html"][/url] [size 4]It's 10 below, and the ice is 3 feet thick, so let's go fishing[/size]
[url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/pajamas_jpg.html"][/url][size 3]Seriously. Take plenty of bait, don't forget your bucket and stay warm. You might catch a walleye. You could even win a prize. [/size]
In upper Minnesota, ice fishing is what a lot of people do in the wintertime. East of Brainerd on Mille Lacs Lake, the ice is burdened with more than 5,000 ice-fishing houses, some of them outfitted with all the comforts of home — carpeting, TV, bunk beds, you name it. But all you really need to catch fish is a hole in the ice, a bucket to sit on and a rod, reel and baited hook.
[url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/weighin_jpg.html"][/url]There are four classes of fish in Mille Lacs Lake: fish everyone eats, like walleye and perch; fish some people eat, like tullibee; fish no one admits eating, like eelpout; and fish you accuse others of eating, like carp. According to one Minnesota ice fisherman,"Carp's considered a delicacy in Iowa and Nebraska."
Each winter the Brainerd Jaycees sponsor an Ice Fishing Extravaganza. The first 100 anglers who catch a fish larger than eight ounces each win a bucket full of tackle.Whoever catches the hundredth-largest fish wins a new pickup. [url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/shovel_jpg.html"][/url][url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/angler_jpg.html"][/url][url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues96/dec96/inside_jpg.html"][/url]

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For more information about this topic, explore the Archives of Smithsonian Magazine: [ul][size 2] [li] [url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues98/nov98/dam.html"]The Battle of the Dams[/url] (November 98) [/li] [li] [url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/dec97/phenom_dec97.html"]A Creek Defies the Odds[/url] (December 97) [/li] [li] [url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/oct97/lobsters.html"]Claws[/url] (October 97) [/li] [li] [url "http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/feb97/fish.html"]When the Fish Cops Reel in a Suspect, It's Usually a Keeper[/url] (February 97) [/li] [/size][/ul]

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[size 2]Abstract of an article by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Originally published in the December 1996 issue of [/size][size 2]Smithsonian. All rights reserved.[/size]
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[Flagmanonice]

[] NICE ARTICLE RAT , IF YOU HAVE TIME , YOU SHOULD TAKE A TRIP UP TO THE POUT FESTIVAL IN WALKER , YOU'LL SEE SOME FISH HOUSES WITH TWO STORIES , ONES WITH AQUARIUMS , HOT TUBS , WHAT EVER YOU THINK OF , ITS UP THERE. PLUS YOU SEE PEOPLE GETTING PULLED BY A SNOWMOBILE SITTING IN THE LAZY BOYS , THEY HAVE ICE BOWLING , GOLF , ETC ....


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[davetclown]

do they have any with walk out basements?[sly]

I saw pictures of them double deckers. I cant emagine what it takes to get them on and off the lake.....

when do they start bringing them off the lake? when the temps rise to 0*?
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[Bassmaster-ND]

And I thought I'd seen it all[shocked][]
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[1iceman]

[] just thought i would let ya all know that pout fest is feb 11-133 this year so you don't miss it..
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