When you cant ice fish, and the weather turns cold.....

[JigginIsLife]

What do YOU do to get by????

[shizzy]

I go through my gear over and over. checking if there is something I can leave home to make pulling my sled easier or if Im forgetting something I really will need. I go through all my jigs and lures. new line on the reels. FLasher battery charged? DO I need a few more green cans for my Mr heater. Make sure Mr heater is going to light.

I also spend many more hours staring at my screen absorbing info. new gear, techniques and what has been working for others.

[slabchaser]

Hunt ducks and deer

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Watch the Wild on TV and I also play hockey on Sunday's and Wednesday's. I will also look over all my tackle and equipment when it gets into January and I will stock up on anything I am missing.

[123fish]

Hunt ducks and late season pheasants.

[7outof10]

think about ice fishing !!!! dream of looking down the hole to see what is on its way up

[WinterHaven]

Make sure all of my equipment is ready for the first safe ice to walk on.

[grousehunter]

Grouse, Ducks, Pheasants and dog training occupy my time

I'm excited for ice fishing, but hunting season just started!!

[s2h]

I also go through my gear over and over. New batteries, new line, and replace anything that needs it. Also I start looking online at the resort web sites and check out the water on the lake web cams.

[DTro]

Not much changes for me no matter the time of year or the temp. Just the required gear.

Sometimes I need a boat, sometimes I need a sled. Sometimes I need a trolling motor, sometimes I need an auger. Sometimes I need big rods, and sometimes I need small ones. Sometimes, I need cargo shorts, sometimes I need Arctic Armor.

Whatever it takes to wet a line.

I say why limit yourself to hardwater?

[Eric Wettschreck]

Agreed!!!

Sometimes I need a rod, sometimes I need a shotgun.

[muc33]

I fish right up until I can walk on water!!!! I am still trying to convince my wife of this feat as well. Fall fishing is so much fun! Of course the roosters get my time as well!

[crappiebuster]

Drink blue ribbon and blackberry brandy and wallow in sorrow.

[JimBuck]

Plenty of Open Water season left as well as some of the best fishing. I don't hunt so most of Fall is spent on the boat chasing the cold water critters.

[Boar]

I eat my bear meat, i play with my toys, rods reels ect. I whish i did'nt have to buy a recent car, then i'd have alot of money to spend on new toys. but now I have a fuel efficient car for more trips. i play in my camper house an try to figure out how to make it more whatever, just make it more something, i dont know, my mind just gets really itchy an I can only itch it by doing something that involves pre-icefishing. I try to get in a rainy trip, try. Every fall I feel like a teenager trying to score, it's all I think about, then it happens, oh yea!! then all I think about is, I really need to do it again as soon as posssible. Boar

[Big Buck Buster]

I eat my bear meat, i play with my toys, rods reels ect. I whish i did'nt have to buy a recent car, then i'd have alot of money to spend on new toys. but now I have a fuel efficient car for more trips. i play in my camper house an try to figure out how to make it more whatever, just make it more something, i dont know, my mind just gets really itchy an I can only itch it by doing something that involves pre-icefishing. I try to get in a rainy trip, try. Every fall I feel like a teenager trying to score, it's all I think about, then it happens, oh yea!! then all I think about is, I really need to do it again as soon as posssible. Boar

That right there is when you know you are addicted!

[bigred1974]

I sat in my porti for an hour today, lol.

[hibanks1]

Fish the mississippi

[Phred52]

Jiggin, Let me get this straight. If it's too cold, what would stop me from icefishing? If it's too cold, I just adjust the furnace...up, the only thing that stops me from icefishing is a 'death in the family', and even then it's only a minor 'interuption'. In that case I go out before and after the funeral. Why do you ask Phred52

[roughfish29]

i have a stream that stays open almost year round, and its full of pike, carp, and suckers

so when that freezes over, its definately safe to walk/fish on a lake

[Ed Carlson]

That's easy....Rivers.....they are the last to freeze up, and often are on the peak bite tell the ponds and lakes freeze over.

I often have long rods and my early ice gear in the Ol Van at the same time in late October and November.

Hit the river!

[JigginIsLife]

Eddy could you point a guy in the right direction on the red I have never fished rivers before

[Maverick3]

Huck big baits and pull Suckers for Musky!

[hovermn]

I'm essentially just getting going building an 8X19 drop down house for this season, trailer and all.

Does that count?

[dirtking]

Shoot ducks and deer.