Plenty of advice here Patrick so I wont add on, but when you do get geared up and we get some ice give me a call, I'd love to do a little ice fishin with ya. To me ice fishing is a relaxing and social endeavor. Set up your tip-ups and then its just about the creature comforts. Nothing like cooking up some venison and enjoying some fine coffee on a sunny 35ish degree windless winter day on the ice. Oh, I almost forgot, one safety item I didn't see mentioned is a pair of hand-held spikes for dragging your ass out of the water back onto the ice. I have a pair my father made, basically two L shaped pieces of wood with metal spikes out of one end. They mate together and have a lanyard which I wear around my neck.
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