Solitary Ice Fisherman in My City

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Last week for SIMC I showed you an ice fishing shanty town on Lake Nepco.

This week I want to show you that not ALL ice fishing on the frozen tundra is done from a shanty town.
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If you look out on this frozen pond on his days off, you will spy this solitary fisherman decked out in his red and black "weather proof" togs.

This would be the now blog-infamous Fisherhubby.
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Come with me, we'll follow his sled trail across the ice to see if Fisherhubby will show us his craft.

Don't worry about him being cold - - - it was a balmy 9 degrees above zero that day.  (F of course)
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This is how you drill the ice fishing hole.

Fisherhubby has graduated up to a gas powered auger.  When I asked if that expense was necessary he looked at me and said,  "Do YOU want to drill through a foot of ice with a hand cranked auger.

He may have a point.

The gas auger powered him through the ice in less time than it takes to say Jack Robinson.

Once he had drilled the hole, he used the side of his boot to brush away the loose ice and snow from over the top of the hole.
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Next he picked up this tool - - - his handy dandy "ice chip scooper"
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After a few swipes with the ice chip scooper, his fishing hole was free and clear and ready for action.

His warm clothes are water proof, so he wasn't a bit careful to not splash himself during this process.

He did, however, aim one soggy scoop toward my feet, causing me to jump back out of his way since my leggings were NOT waterproof.
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I took this picture looking down into his fishing hole.  If you look carefully at the top half of the hole, you will see how deep the ice is, and you can even see how it freezes in layers.
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Now the happy ice fisherman is ready to unpack his fishing sled, sit on his bucket, put his under-ice fish finder probe into the hole and begin a happy few hours of fishing.

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He watches this orange tip of his pole - - - if it wiggles and jiggles and wriggles he knows a fish is nibbling.
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That orange tip is part of this - - - a special ice fishing pole called a tip-up, because the little metal tripod holds the tip up and the fisherman may walk away if he so chooses and still be fishing.

Fisherhubby says it's really cool.
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The little round box to his right is filled with the maggots he was using as bait.

I spared you a close up shot of those.

Though if you had been with us, live and in person, Fisherhubby would have told you it was necessary to put a maggot in your MOUTH to keep it warm so it would wiggle on the hook and attract more fish.

He would have been lying, and I certainly hope YOU would not have fallen for his pranks.

Also, notice his large, rounded, black boots which are called "Mickey Mouses" for obvious reasons.  They are one of his most treasured pieces of ice fishing equipment because they are warm and waterproof.
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If ice forms across the top of the fishing hole, the ice scooper is just the tool to quickly remove it before the hole freezes completely over.
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Well, we've seen what we came to see, so since WE are not togged out in waterproof red, black, and Mickey Mouse, we shall leave the fisherman to his craft and head back home to our nice warm fleece blankie and a hot cuppa joe.
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Today I'm joining Unknown Mami

For Sundays in My City.

My city is Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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Please hurry over to Unknown Mami's to see

What others are sharing from their cities.

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