Ice Fishing Traditions (Old Photos!!)

[CALVINIST]

Great retro pics, Hanson! Just love the nastalgic look of things like the old Dad's root beer bucket, the portable fish house, the clothes, and jiggin' sticks.

[Ferny]

Are those classic Arctic Cat snowmobile suits?

We had those! Remember the T buckle belt on all those old suits?

I too started out with the spud as a teen, then "graduated" to the Swedish Spoon. I'm pretty sure I could chisel faster than the spoon! Then I finally got a Mora...man did that thing cut!

I wish I would have kept all that old stuff. How about the Jaro? charcoal and liquid hand warmers you put in the red velvet cases! I do remember as kids very cold feet! Those cruddy black rubber bottom boots with nylon sides and felt liners that always needed drying! Man clothing has come along way too!

Thanks for taking me back!

Ferny.

[Squirtis]

Hanson, those are some great pics and really take me back. That is what i have always loved about ice fishing, it can really be a great family pasttime. Just being out on the ice is inviting. Thanks again.

[TTfromBlaine]

Reminds me of ice fishing with my dad on Millacs in the 60's and the ol'e spoon auger , I remember helping push down while he cranked.

ICE DOG 1 out

[aczr2k]

Hanson- We were probably on Union lake at the same time, I used to go spearing with my grandpa back then, I would have been roughly the same age. We only lived about 15 miles away, didn't get to go often but still remember going. Nothing like a flash from the past. Cool pics.

[FishingIdiot]

Hey Hanson,

You kinda looked like "Ralphie" from "A Christmas Story".

[RedLakeFallsMN]

This made me remember my first time ice fishing. It was 1983, i was 4 years old on Upper Red with my dad, grampa and uncle. we were set up around some people that they knew. i had no idea how i was supposed to catch a fish through a hole, so one of the guys started telling me how to do it. he told me that when i see the bobber go down, set the hook and then turn and run as fast as i can. well as the story goes i took off running and the walleye came out of the hole like a rocket about 4 feet in the air. and i guess all the old guy just about died laughing at me. gotta love the advice.

[Weed Shark]

Hanson,

Thanks for bumping this back up, it's new to me. Very cool pictures...classics!

I don't recall any "on the ice photos" taken by my parents, only "back at the house" type stuff. I think I'll take more photos of the kids on the ice this year.

My late dad made an old home movie (I believe it is digitized on CD now), no kids in it, but ice fishing in the late fifties or early sixties. It has a view though the windshield driving onto the lake and old timers hiding from the cameraman embarrassingly small sunfish in their coats. It's a riot.

[PmDavis300]

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Hey Hanson,

You kinda looked like "Ralphie" from "A Christmas Story".

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lol, i was thinking the same thing, just missing the red rider bb gun

[Shack]

Both him and his brother look like the kids from a Christmas Story .

But when you think of it, during the winter time, most kids look like the kids from the movie "Christmas Story".

Nice post Hanson!

My uncle Bob (god father) had the same portable shack. I remember an outing about the same time on East Fish lake in Maple Grove. One of the hand full of times I went ice fishing with my father. In that shack was my uncle, my dad and my self. I can not remeber if we caught any fish, but it was fun. I am sure it still up in rafters of garage in the orig. box, with masking tape on corners of box. I will ask him at christmas if he still has it. LOL! We only had hand auger thought!

Thanks

[mojocatt]

Great post, loved it.

[Grant]

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Hanson, Are you sure you aren't Ralphie from the "Christmas Story"?

Carefull with the jiggle stick, you'll poke your eye out!

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DOH You beat me to it... the first thing that popped into my head was "RALPHIE!!"

[Huntin&Fishin]

Nice Pics! In the 8th pic I have a snowmobile suit just like it passed down from my grandpa.

[kwiggy]

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Hanson, Are you sure you aren't Ralphie from the "Christmas Story"?

Carefull with the jiggle stick, you'll poke your eye out!

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OMG That was my first thought! Way too funny.

Hanson, nice job. If we can learn one thing from this post... take pictures of you and your family doing the stuff you love. These picts are invaluable!

[Shack]

Funny no one picked up on that in "05". That movie has been around since like 1980.

But it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the pics, not the posts from "07".

It is a great post though. I take so many images/pics of my kids. Good thing to do. Maybe in 2020, they will post some images of them as fishing kids on FM.

[gopher_nation]

Me too. First thing to my mind was Ralphie and his brother, looks like everyone else agrees.

Cool pics though.