First time Ice fishing.

[Pickelfarmer]

Does anyone remeber there first time out Ice fishing? I talked with my brother for a while tonight and since he's 6 years older then me he remembers my first time out Ice fishing.After talking about it for a while I remember it a little as well. we used a spear house that my Dads neighbor put out and we had candles next to the holes to see the boobers.I remember because when we were walking back to shore I tripped my brother, he got a bloody nose and my Dad said to watch where I was walking. Funny thing is I was watching. I think he still wants to beat my butt for that one. I also remember we caught a bunch of 1 pound walleye, my Dad kept talking about how you don't need to be way out in deep water to catch them. Knowing what I know now, the lake was only about 10 ft deep so we where out deep. He was so excited about it and My brother and I were like,"Dad were bored". Can we go yet.

[mrfish1991]

I somewhat remember my first time out ice fishing. Im guessing i was about four or five years old (almost 18 now). It was up on ML. My uncle had a perm out of a place that had really good tacos. His perm was a medium sized skid house that was painted a light blue if i remember right. There were bunks on one side and a single bed on the other. We only caught a few small fish, but by my smile in the picture is as big as if i caught a world record 'eye.

One funny part i do remember very well is that one of the nights i was out there was that i dropped my pillow in the hole while i was sleeping. The rattle reel went off, i have to this day never seen my uncle move so fast. To his supprise it was just a pillow in the hole and not an eye. I was pretty dissappointed too

[croixflats]

Cant remember how young but I was introduced to a mudpuppy.And that was after seeing those old movies about dinosaurs and lizards visiting a small town.

[Fred_Bear]

Wish I could remember my first times fishing, but according to my dad as soon as I was out of diapers I was a regular. Heck I don't even remember my first time cleaning fish, just been doing it all since I could remember anything at all. The one thing I do remember is my older sisters getting paid by my dad for helping clean until I came along, but somehow I never saw a penny from him! Oh well I'm just starting to realize now how lucky I am for having a dad who got me into this crazy stuff and am so thankful for it.

[deadeye]

I remember my first time out ice fishing. I was in boy scouts in New Ulm and we made a winter camping trip down to a lake on the Iowa border. It was about -20, but we still went out and tried. I dont know what we were doing, we didnt even have any bait but we had fun anyway. I didnt get a thing but I wanted to go again.

We moved to the metro area and we went out few times the first year here and each time we got skunked. I guess it was a determination thing, because the next year I went out and finally got some fish. The biggest thing that helped me out was getting a fish finder. My grandpa had a old humminbird that he gave me and my dad rigged it up so I could use it on the ice. Once I had that the fish were hurting. Got to thank dad for making that one work, it lasted me until I saved up enough money for a vexilar. I guess fishing really kept me out of trouble because I didnt have time or money to do anything else.

[81Saluki]

This is timely topic. My first time was 30 years ago when my buddy and I went to visit his uncle in Colorado who took us out to a small mountain lake one day. No shelter, no electronics, no power auger. We caught a couple of rainbows as I recall.

My buddy now lives in the Twin Cities and ice fishes regularly. I'm an open water guy now in Des Moines. Two weeks from now will be my 2nd time on the ice; we're renting a 4-holer on Mille Lacs. This time we'll have heat, flasher, underwater camera, GPS, and fishing gizmos galore. Should be a great weekend!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Nope, no chance for me, I was on the ice many times in Diapers... I do however remember a lot of fishing trips, and have a lot of wonderful memories on the ice!

[BuckKiller]

nope... I was only 2 or 3

[reddsixx]

I'm not sure if I actually remember it or if I just heard my dad tell the story so much. I was about 3-4 (over 30 years ago now) and we were crappie fishing on Linwood. I would set the hook and run with the fish pole until the fish flopped out of the hole. Then I would yell "Dad, got another one". He would then come out of his cousin's shack, take the fish off and set me up again.

[parrotfish]

For me it was Medicine lake. First fish was a 10lb northern on a tip up. My friend asked me if it was a big fish when I was pulling it up. I told him I didn't know, I've never done this before.

[crothmeier]

I remember i stepped in my fair share of open holes when i was little. have to yell for dad to come pull me out.

[Far-I]

My first time ice-fishing was two winters ago, with a college friend. The funny thing about it was that my son came with me on that one. So him and I started at the same time!

That season was fun, but with borrowed gear. Last season i started buying- now I have everything i need and some! And i am dreaming about ice fishing at night, thinking about it while in class and at work, and waking up at ungodly hours just to get a little in regularily!

I still fish with that friend too. Thanks Jim!

[Far-I]

In fact I hated Minnesota winters until i started ice fishing. I even moved to Hawaii for several years claiming i'd never spend another winter in the cold. Now i live in Ely and actually have found several reasons why I don't like summer as well as winter!

[BuckKiller]

In fact I hated Minnesota winters until i started ice fishing. I even moved to Hawaii for several years claiming i'd never spend another winter in the cold. Now i live in Ely and actually have found several reasons why I don't like summer as well as winter!

Gotta love them minnesota winters. I don't know what id do without them.

P.S id love to live in Ely, im so jelous. lol

[erickol]

I must have been 5 or 6, family friend took my younger Bro and me to either Forest or Green lake, I remember it being quite cold, lots of cars and vans on the ice and smallish perch and crappies. My brother has maybe been out once or twice since then...... almost thirty years ago. he hates ice fishing. I lucked out. Had it not been for Mark taking us out, I would not have ice fished until I was about 10 years old.

This guy was great, he also took us to the croix for open water fishing (I lost one of his outfits to a white bass..... yanked it off the wall in Stillwater).

[SStracker]

My first time was New years day this year, and this was the first fish I caught. Got it on a tip up with a minnow.

[WinterHaven]

I remember my first time out, thank god I was with guys who do it all the time. I learned with a Vexilar and we were in portables with heaters. I am glad that I learned with all the right equipment because if I would have learned by sitting on a bucket out in the elements without a flasher unit I probably wouldn't be doing it right now.

[JeffB]

Great fish what a way to start.