Ice fishing is carried out on a frozen body of water. The ice fishing gear the fishermen may use is either fishing lines or spears and they have to make a hole in the body of ice in order to gain access to the unfrozen water underneath the ice. The sitting position is preferred for ice fishing too, as the fishermen can stay either on special stools or directly on the ice. For some, ice fishing is all the more enjoyable as they have built real sheds or cabins around the ice openings, bringing the comfort of a bunk bed with them.

Ice fishing is very popular especially throughout the freezing regions on our planet. Latvia, Norway, Finland, Germany, Russia, Estonia and other Northern countries have given ice fishing the rank of favorite pastime as it has long ceased to earn one's living now. The Great popularity levels are reputed by ice fishing in the North of the United States, as well as in Canada and Alaska.

Getting into more details about the fishing gear used, we may realize that it is pretty different from other types of fishing in that it has become rather specialized. The fishing line or a spear would surely prove useless for such kind of sport if you do not have an ice saw or a chisel at hand to begin with. Remember that the ice break through is the one to come first. However water will keep freezing even after you have made the hole, so many anglers also get a skimmer with them to remove the freshly formed ice layer. Many fishermen likewise rely on a heater not only for their sakes but also for keeping the area around the hole warm enough to avoid letting more ice be formed. That is that wooden huts and cabins that capture this warmth inside usually are held in high esteem by those performing this activity.

There are three ways to go ice fishing. First, you can use small-sized rods with colorful little lures or baits. Secondly, you can tip-ups and they are very useful when you are not interested in catching a lot of fish over a longer period of time. And last, there’s spear ice fishing for which you need a larger hole and fish decoys.

Whichever the choice from the three methods, things with ice fishing will never be like in the all days. It appears that nowadays, sonars make fish detection piece of cake. Presently anglers will drill approximately A hundred holes every day in case they wished to catch large amounts of fish, very much unlike our ancestors who had to wait by the hole for the fish to come to them.