Ladies and Ice Fishing
Thursday, I had the opportunity to meet a woman who was interested in ice fishing, yep that cold weather sport. And why not, when you think about it, women are just as accessible to this winter sport as men today. With the clothing available these days, anyone can go ice fishing and no matter what the temperature, enjoy themselves.
I had to drop off some Mustad hooks and kids booklets to Cabela’s over in Dundee to the head of the fishing dept. As a member of their pro staff ( Mustad that is), I had ordered some hooks for making my walleye harnesses, the company made an oops and sent me a batch of bass worm hooks instead. With the kid’s weekend being staged starting in a day or so, I called my old boss up, and contributed to making Saturday and Sunday a little more enjoyable for the participating young anglers.
After making my rounds and seeing a lot of old friends, I headed over to the Lonestar steak house. The gal who served me was courteous and soon started a conversation. Just doing her job, she asked what I was writing about in my little notebook. I told her I was making notes for the sales rep for an email later on. We got into a discussion about fishing, and soon the talk turned to ice fishing.
She said that she wanted to try ice fishing, being a Dundee gal, it didnt surprise me too much. Us country kids are a pretty hardy stock. I told her about “Ice Team” and the tournament series I fish during the winter, and that there will be a tourney on Wamplers this winter. She was no where near interested in jumping into a tournament, but wanted to learn how to, and just experience ice fishing for the first time.
Point being, ice fishing isnt just for guys anymore; the clothing, the shelters and heaters make it a sport for all folks. When you take in the fact that ice fishing allows you more accessibility to most lakes than open water fishing, its a small wonder that more folks arent involved in this great winter sport. Get geared up, ask around, get on the ice this winter.
August 25th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Ice fishing is awesome as long as you dress warm. I usually go with my boyfriend or my guy friends. Someday I would like to catch more then perch !!!
August 25th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Its so easy to be able to dress warm these days, dress in layers and pace your movements so you don’t become too warm. Even on the coldest nights anglers can choose their type of shanty and enjoy an all nighter on the ice catching walleye and crappie. Nothing wrong with perch, yummy stuff.