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Ice Fishing Party Suggestions

bobber_down_1979

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I am going to be organizing an ice fishing party, "Ice Fishing Extravaganza" to be precise. I am expecting about 25 people to show. I plan to have about 20 tip-ups at the lake for friends to use. I think I have the fishing part pretty well sorted out, but looking for other tips people may have for "Parties" on the ice. Not looking for drinking games on this one. Maybe some stuff family focused as the attention to fishing will be low for many, aside from waiting for a tip to tip up. I plan to have some yard games, and friendy football games. I also plan to have som grills for some dogs and brauts. All thoughts welcome. As a side note, we will be at a lake with fast walk-on fishing spots. Guests will not drive out on the lake and park in one place. Folks will park at the on site lot.

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My town does an annual golf tournament on the ice that is a great time. You simply shovel/ plow out some holes and play with tennis balls and old drivers. We included drinking but you wouldn't have to by any means. Hope your "Extravaganza" is awesome.

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Some buddies of mine got some old bowling pins and bowling balls from the local bowling alley and plowed a lane out on the ice and had a ice bowling game. Pretty fun, but recommend wearing ice cleats!

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We do Ice Golf also, we are young and not much attention to the golfing but we just get together, get a porta potty to keep everyone happy, grills, everyone brings something, pretty low key but falls together alright, more of a chance for people to see each other.

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This is great, keep it coming. The smores idea is sounding like a real winner, and so is the tennis ball golf idea. I plan to bring some rods. The friends coming that fish and I will have about 10 rods so hopefully people share nice, and maybe some others suprise us with bring gear of there own too.

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Building a fire directly on the ice isn't a good idea, legal or not. The wood leftovers melt down into the ice and leave nasty 'roads' for snowmobiles, etc. Portable fire pits aren't that spendy, or improvise.

Dont be afraid to bring out a dutch oven w/charcoal. Sky is the limit with those, as far as cooking is concerned.

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Firepits are a good idea. I was going to suggest ice golf as well, drill half-way down with your auger for each "hole", its a blast. You can even use tennis balls because yellow is easy to see.

My friends and I like to lay out tip-ups and play flag or touch football. Its a blast, if the flag goes up action stops as there is a mad dash to the tip-up, as people "tackle" eachother to get there first. May not want to play so aggressive if you have a lot of kids though

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We use an old car hood to make a nice fire on, it works great and you can haul the firewood out to the party spot in it. Tubing behind a sled or 4-wheeler is fun as long as there is no drinkin going on. Set up a portable as the biffy, a nice warm spot for the kids and gals goes a long way.

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We set up a suitcase style portable with a heater to use for the biffy. I use a heavy duty bag in a 5 gal pail with a toilet seat. The same setup I use in the wheelhouse. Put some kitty litter in the bag and leave the bag of litter next to the pail. Toilet paper and some hand sanitizer & paper towels. We have had several family and friend get togethers on the ice over the years qnd it has worked out well.

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We like to set up kind of a base camp. We get some tables for the food a couple grills and a pop up eskimo for a porta potta. that way you can have the heat the grill the bathroom all in one spot. We set up Bags and cowboy golf with a big fire going in a portable pit. we have a couple of sleds to giving rides and pulling people behind them on a tube or sled is fun for a bit. We did a casting contest for the kids best out of 10 casts with the ice pole drill a hole however far you want make a line put a big sinker on the end and cast away!! always keeps the little ones occupied.

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We do an ice fishing extravaganza every year. Make sure you have enough fishing licenses for the party (2 lines per license). One thing we do is saw a couple of 2x3ft spearing-sized holes that people take turns sight fishing from for panfish. We have a couple of Guide shelters that we use for this (just put it in front of the hole and pull over the top. Much more entertaining for newbies and kids, and we always end up seeing a pike or two that attack the panfish people catch. We also enjoy burning old Christmas trees (they burn fast & hot!), but I'm not sure how legal that is.

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Is it OK to build a fire right on the ice? If yes, any guidlines on doing so? It would not burn through the ice and make for unsafe conditions would it? Also, would it be legal? I don't have a portable fire box. Maybe ideas on how to make one too.

It is illegal to build a fire directly on the ice. You have to have something that will contain the ashes. Kind of like those ones you can get at stores that are sitting up on three or four legs that you can have on your patios or decks.

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