Town On Ice

This Is A Few Pictures Of How Big The Towns Get Out On The Lake Near Me. This Lake Is 8 Miles Long And About A 1/2 To 3/4 Of A Mile Wide, But There Gets To Be Some Monster Ice House Towns Out There.





my guess in these 2 different areas there is at least 700 fish houses and there still dragging them out on the ice. im trying to find someone that fly's that can take some pictures for me from the air but i make no promise on that one.

You know,,you would think that that many people, shacks and cars would make that ice crack.

john that ice is a lot stronger than a person thinks, years ago they use to drive semi's across the lakes to save time gas and money on making delivery's to the markets. 3 feet of ice will hold a semi 4 feet would hold one with a very heavy load. there are still precautions you have to take but that is just the way of ice fishing.

Do people ever bother your stuff when you're not there?

Awesome! They used to have an ice fishing festible every year In Michigan and it was called "Tip Up Town USA". I thought that was big yet this thing you just showed us us more big time. Hurray for the North Star People!

Grumpy wrote:Do people ever bother your stuff when you're not there?

yes there are break ins every year and people steal what ain't glued down, but i don't lock mine and take every thing home so i don't have to worry.

Freekin thiefs!, unfortunatly that is the world we live in"

That looks a lot like 'waska.

that is what it is lake minnewaska looking out from torgy's bar and down by the trailer park

How thick is the ice now? Does it get thicker all year or does it reach a point where it stops?

as long as it stays below freezing it gets thicker, on a real good year i have seen ice 3 1/2 feet think but on most years it is 2 1/2 feet thick, right now it is between 18 and 22 inches.

Mike, that looks cold, it looks like a lot of fun but it sure looks cold LOL.

Cool pics

went ice fishing last year in wisconsin for the first time ......my buddy told me to just drive out there its all right .....well ya i drove out there ...parked got my ice tentout an set it up(icecube)nice tent....got are gear out set up tip ups wi. alows 3 only an a jig pole each got all set up went in tent ...set up camp fired up my coleman 1 burner camp stove an a lanturn an started jiggin .....after about6 hours an two nice fish....which got off tip ups an 16 blue gills 5 croppies .....we relized that are lighters were half working ....why ??? becuse we for got to open the vent for the tent .....fair warning all ....good way to die. besides all that we had a exlant time on the ice fishing for the first time .....that ice shifting down below was a little scary ........the temp out side was -5 degrees....... an it was about +50 inside.....i missed this years ice ....but i will b out there next year an ill b taking my son for his first trip happynesstight lines

1. Very scary Marlboro.

2. When the ice may not support a vehicle some still venture out. I remember some "safety rules" from Michigan. They said to drive with all the doors open. Is that a good idea?

3. And Mike; I still have that 8 X 10 great photograph of you with a single spec on my wall. My neighbor asked me two nights ago; Who is that?. So I said that is one of my friends.

Bernie I'm glad I hadn't taken a drink of my hot cocoa or it would be all over my puder screen!!!! your neighbors are going to wonder what kinda crowd you hang out with.LOL :joker: :joker: :joker:

Those are some good pics Mike. They get them towns going and you don't want to leave for days.

Bernie, they are having Tip Up Town as we speak. I'm missing it this year. But they have a great event out there every year.

beautiful pictures Mike...