In a vain attempt to prove my position in the food chain, I’m off to go ice fishing on Saturday, with fellow employee Cory Westover. It’s a bit absurd that I’ve lived in one of the premier fishing areas in North America, and have never been ice fishing before…
Allaying Frances’s fears, Cory informed me that there’s approximately 16″ of ice on the lake (vehicles can safely traverse the ice with 12″). The only chance of going through would involve falling into a 8″ round hole, which, judging from my waistline, won’t be an issue.
The most humorous part of it all is the method that we are apparently going to use to fish. Cory calls it “ice trolling.” It involves the following:
two ice fishing poles with appropriate lines, jigs, and bait two holes in the ice approximately 100 ft. apart walking back and forth between the two holes holding the two sticks, thereby making the bait bounce (slowly) up and down in 120 ft. of water
Watch this space for an update on what exactly the results are on Saturday.