Ice Fishing

So sitting around watching an African hunt on the VS network my brother and I got the idea of going ice fishing. Well it is not quite cold enough right now, but I thought I better do some research on ice fishing. I am just assuming that we cut a hole in the ice, put some lines down with bate, sit back and drink until you get a bite. And from what my friends tell me, that's basically it.

While doing some research I came across a forum in which fanatic and newbies, like my self,come together and discuss ice fishing in the state of Michigan. This specific forum is called ICESHANTY.com. While just snooping around I found a great thread that I thought I would share to lighten the mood a little. What have you lost in an ice hole? Sound provocative right...I read through this thread and I wrote down some of the funnier incidents.

Irish Jigger lost his cell phone in the ice hole a couple years back. When his wife asked how it fell out he replied, " because you keep calling me!"
buffettphan606 lost a list of things but some of the ones I found most interesting was that he lost his respect, and innocence in the ice hole...Matt what are we getting ourselves into.

While researching where we should go to start our quest to become the best ice fishers ever to have called the state of Oregon home I ventured onto the Michigan Sports Man Magazine web site. This website you can find everything you need to know about fishing and hunting in MI. I looked up Ice fishing and found an article that talks about the hot spots to go ice fishing in MI. I assume that if we travel to these locations we will be able to start ice fishing and meet a good amount of veteran ice fishers that will show us a thing or two. Or at least give is come beers.

Now to figure out what equipment I will need to get to become an ice fisher.

I will leave you with the top 5 lakes in Michigan for Ice fishing in no particular order.

1) LAKE CADILLAC
2) MUD LAKE
3) PORTAGE LAKE
4) MUSKEGON LAKE
5) BIG BLUE LAKE