The one thing your most looking forward to this ice season!!

[reinhard1]

YES!!!makes you wonder how you can move that fast. good luck.

[herefish101]

I love it when the only noise you hear is your flasher quietly humming away, and the far off sound of someone elses auger rippin a hole.... oh!!!!! I cant wait!!!!!!

[fish2morrow]

New to ice fishing so I'd say:

Power Ice auger

Flip over Ice shack enough for 4 people

Marcum lx-5

Nice ice fishing rod and reel

And just fishing away.

[Wanderer]

Long snowmobile rides and big lakers....

[Knoc]

I was watching a ice fishing video yesterday and heard the infamous "thunk" of the ice cracking in the video. Made me think of this thread and how I missed that noise.

[hookncook]

Fishing with the kids! Teenager daughter texting in the shack, my son and I piling perch on the ice.

[The_Diesel]

Mid Dec, when the semester is over and I've got nothing to do for an entire month but fish. I've got a very tough and busy semester right now, and since it started I think I've been able to get out fishing maybe a handful of times. Once finals are over I'll have nothing on my mind but sitting over some holes, jigging away and watching those lines on the flasher. Seeing those fish coming towards the jig on the screen, then seeing your rod give a quick bend and setting the hook. I can't wait!

Last weekend I ran a string of rope lights in the top of the porty, and built a little wood platform to place under my feet so the toes don't get so cold from sitting right on the ice all day. I can't wait to test my modifications out, and see if the set-up I've got in my head will actually work out on the ice.

[broncosguy711]

I am looking forward to the first time of me and the boys (my boys and a buddies boy) on the ice for a weekend together as I got 1 boy that can't wait and one that does not want ice to come. lol

[jBohmer]

Ahhh... icefishing is so close I can almost smell it. I have been excited since June. I cannot wait to see the first mark on the flasher rise up to my bait.

[KidMoe]

Firing up the ceremonial cigar after getting setup and the sound of the SOLO!!!!

[OnAFly]

Sight fishing. There is nothing better than sight fishing!

[landscaper]

Walleye coming up the hole

Sound of ice augers ripping through the ice

Waking up or just the sound of a rattle reel!!!!

[Da Biggin]

For me it's simple...

it would be the smell of the brisk air as the sun begins to crest the horizon and the crucnh beneath my boots, the exhaustion from towing the sled for what feels like an eternity. Grasping firmly the handles of the auger, ripping the cord, and hearing it roar awake from a long hibernation. Readying the flip-over and plopping down to catch my breath... sucks being fat.... Watching the float of the good 'ol vex bobbing slowly and hearing the calming hum of its 12 volt chorus. watching the animated underworld come to life in a tri-color ring as my bait floats unawares to its demise. watching the red blip rise slowly fom the bottom and feeling the anxiety beginning to build like a child on Christmas morning. Coaxing the abstract to consume the morsel and begin its ascent into reality. Feeling the thump and instinctively thumping back. Feeling the tug at the end of my line and watching the rod bend as Moby Richard defies my upward advances. Peering with great anticipation into an eight inch hole for a meer glimpse at my quarry and seeing the water boil as it comes closer to its end. Reaching into the frigid water and losing my breath for a moment as I grasp ahold of my treasure. And finally, laughing within as I gaze in satisfaction at the 3" potato chipper marking the beginning of another hardwater season.

In summary... I'm just looking forward to fishing!

[TylerS]

I'm looking forward to just getting out more than once! Last year managed a single trip on the hardwater and that was it. Pathetic. No excuses this year. I found a guy who's just about as nuts with fishing as I am, so that should make things a bit more entertaining!

[toughguy]

Long snowmobile rides and big lakers....

Amen

[tsande00]

I'm most looking forward to arguing the fact that my auger and flasher are surely better than yours and that some jackarse was fishing too close to me last night. I'm also looking forward to discussing whether or not to bring auger extensions for late February fishing on Red or LOTW! Before we know it the season will be winding down and we'll be talking the best way to free a frozen in ice shack.

Cheers!

[carpshooterdeluxe]

I look forward to catching more of these...

[TallPaull]

I look forward to having thick enough ice where my wife will let me take my 8 year old son out. It might be an hour or five hour long trip but he loves to fish. I also hope his success continues and he catches 3 to 1 fish compared to me. Nothing better than when he yells "got another one" and starts laughing because I haven't caught a single fish.

[Dylan33]

Spending a weekend on the ice with my buddies, being half in the bag by noon, chasing tip up flags all day, watching big perch and crappies on the underwater camera IGNORE my jig, being woken up by the rattle reel, somehow landing a big pike on my crappie setup with 2 pound test, arguing with you all about selective harvest, being part of a "shanty town, getting away from the shanty town and finding my own spot, only to have half the town follow me when I catch fish...

oh sorry, you asked for only one thing?

[#fishhunt#]

Bobber going down and stopping 4 inches under the water in one hole and setting the hook on a red line on my vexilar at the same time in the other. Hey a guy can dream cant he?

[babes7825]

The most important thing is to outfish everyone in our fishing party...Oh yeah, it's game on!!

[JbuZZo]

I'm most looking forward to arguing the fact that my auger and flasher are surely better than yours and that some jackarse was fishing too close to me last night. I'm also looking forward to discussing whether or not to bring auger extensions for late February fishing on Red or LOTW! Before we know it the season will be winding down and we'll be talking the best way to free a frozen in ice shack.

Cheers!

LOL...Awesome!

[Get'n Jiggy]

I look forward to catching more of these...

Now you're talkin',,, release in da grease

[grasshopper]

Just getting back on hard water.

[popriveter]

Over the last several years, I've prided myself on the ability to match or outfish my buddies while using a hand auger and no electronics. I love to keep it simple. I love cutting more holes to stay warm. I love the mystique of not knowing what is beneath the ice or when a fish is getting ready to bite, but...

On the other hand, my dad gave me a gas auger and an Aqua-vu this spring, so I've been playing with them in my garage.

I think I most look forward to the first time I'm jigging panfish and spot a channel cat on the Aqua-vu.