Fishing on Ice (Paperback)

by Noel Vick (Author) "I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT ANYBODY CAN ENJOY FISHING IF SOMETHING'S BITING..." (more)
Key Phrases: outside weededge, early ice period, portable fish houses, Lindy Little Joe, System Tackle, Bad Dog Lures (more...)

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"""Reading and experimenting with the methods and ideas in this book will make us all better ice anglers."""
Dave Genz
Member, U.S. silver medal team, '92 World Ice Fishing Championships
Coauthor, Ice Fishing Secrets
"""Fishing on Ice is like having your own personal ice fishing guide with a cover. Easy-to-understand tips from professional anglers will help all ice enthusiasts catch more fish. It's a must-read for anyone who desires to increase their ice fishing success."""
Chip Leer
President, Adventure North
Television host, ""Midwest Outdoors""
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Product Description
Fishing on Ice is the most complete, practical, and up-to-date book available covering everything you need to enjoy one of the fastest growing forms of freshwater angling. With all the new advancements in technology and gear, it’s now easier than ever to find and catch your favorite fish while staying comfortably warm and dry.

Author Noel Vick gives you a first-hand look at the latest equipment, techniques, and locating methods used by the best in the business. He presents real-life fishing situations that are based on successful hardwater experiences.

With the right equipment, you’ll be able to find, catch, and even cook the most popular of ice fishing species, including

• walleye,

• northern pike,

• crappie,

• sunfish,

• jumbo perch,

• trout, and

• and other hardwater species, such as large mouth bass, whitefish, and muskies.

No matter what your skill level, this book will give you the practical fishing know-how to ensure that your ice fishing experience is comfortable, enjoyable, and most of all-successful.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; illustrated edition edition (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880119268
• ISBN-13: 978-0880119269
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #955,844 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a Pretty Good Book, but...., December 28, 2008

By	Giordano Bruno (Wherever I am, I am.) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

.... if you've done a bunch of ice-fishing, you don't need it; if you went ice-fishing once and hated it, it won't change your mind; and if you've never ice-fished in your life, you'd be awful stupid to try it without an experienced guide or friend.

Every couple years, I go out on the ice with my cousin Dick, who's a Fish and Game warden up by Silver Bay, Minnesota. He's twenty years younger than me, and the kind of guy who doesn't wear gloves until it's below zero, and then takes 'em off to smoke. He's also my godson but we both agree that I was slack about his spiritual upbringing. I go to spend time with him; otherwise, ice fishing is too sedentary for me, I prefer spearing carp or trolling for lake trout in a kayak. The problem is, my cousin Dick is a bona fide Minnesotan; sometimes the first words he says after he wakes up in the morning are 'good night.'

Dick believes in subsistence and survival. He feeds his family mostly by hunting and fishing. He smokes his own walleye and sturgeon, which believe me is another reason to stay tight with him. But he also loves high tech. His ice fishing gear amounts to a pick-up load of augers, electronic fish finders, LED bobbers and such. You'll find a pretty good evaluation of all this equipment being sold to make a simple sport expensive in this book "Fishing on Ice". You might also learn something about the 'culture' of ice fishing on the bigger lakes like Mille Lac, where there are pizza delivery services and (some people say) call girls who work the hundreds of luxury fishing huts every winter. But Dick likes cold and quiet, and knows where to find it, at lakes which I'm sworn not to name. Dick and I have talked politics just once in the past decade, when he told me with disgust that "there are a lotta fools in the southern part of the state making $25,000 a year who think they are Republicans." Northern Minnesota is the bluest rural region in the USA, by the way.

I took my iPod out on the ice this morning -- two iPods, in fact, though Dick's taste in music doesn't include Scarlatti and Bach. I thought he might be attracted to the techie nature of the iPod. But it didn't work. Neither of us felt we were really 'there' without the icy silence. Too bad... I was thinking about writing a guide to classical music for fishermen, but I doubt there'd be much money in it.