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Ice Fishing Requirements

To begin with, in order to do ice fishing, you have to fish through ice so unless you have magical powers, you are going to need a hole in the ice. There was a time when a guy had to use a manual drill and hack his way through the ice to go ice fishing. Now there are all kinds of portable gas powered augers to bore through a couple of feet of ice like a hot knife through butter. Nowadays, with these portable augers, an ice fisherman can move around from spot to spot on the lake. Punching a couple of holes through the ice is no big deal anymore so the ice fishing can be a lot more mobile and maybe more productive.

And speaking of mobile, what about your shelter when you are out in the freezing cold, ice fishing? There was a time when you built up a shelter and there you stayed. Lugging all your gear and shelter materials and auger was just so much work that ice fishing was just not mobile at all. But now, with the clever sled designs that form the basis of your easy to assemble shelter and can easily haul your lightweight auger anywhere on the ice, well ice fishing has become a whole lot more mobile, productive and fun, not to mention easier and warmer.

And speaking of warmer...with all the new super fibers and high-tech equipment being cold while ice fishing is practically a thing of the past. The relative amount of comfort now while ice fishing is like night and day compared to even ten years ago. so if you like to fish and have been letting winter keep you off the lake and away from your favorite pastime, you owe it to yourself to give ice fishing a try. You will be amazed at the comfort and how accessible ice fishing is these days. So give ice fishing a try this winter.

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