Tag: ice fishing

Fish Fry Day: How Do Fish Live Under the Ice?

Posted on January 30, 2015

While we’ve been spared (so far) by any sort of climate shenanigans like a polar vortex this winter, our lakes have had a nice thick cover of ice on for a month or more. And lots of people send in variations of the question – what’s life like for a fish under the ice? Well, the …

Ice is Nice: Three Perks to the Polar Vortex

Posted on January 28, 2014

We get it. It is cold. Face (and mind) numbingly cold. But that’s not an “all bad” thing. There’s a lot to like about a real winter. And it begins with ice. Here are three things to celebrate during the winter that brought “polar vortex” into our vocabulary! 1. Ice Caves For the first time …