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I watched the site for a few years before I joined in 2017, and have been ice fishing for 45 years. Every year I pray we have seasons like the early 90’s when we were cutting through 20” of ice and fishing into late March/early April. At 63 I’m still pretty active, but with the latest disappointing seasons I envision fishing the next great 20” ice season in a Jazzy with spiked tires dragging my junk behind me. Hope the battery holds up.
Ive entered the world of lithium power, now I have to worry if I will hold up
Reading thru this thread makes me feel YOUNG again! I'm only 58 so hopefully I have many ice seasons left! I started ice fishing many years ago mainly just to break cabin fever. Never really cared if I caught a fish or not. The goal was just to get out in the fresh air. I started with a hand auger, one rod, a bucket to sit on and a couple lures. Over the years I made friends with some hard core ice anglers and started really getting into it! Now I probably have more gear than most. ANd I am out there as much as I can when we have safe ice.
I'll vouche for him being out as much as he can. Heck he even resorted to Operation Dingy. I'm a hardcore die hard ice fisherman but Rutt takes it to a new level.
We should have an outing/get together next ice season. We could have it at a state park area near the water. I was in a club where we had one every year. I can contact a State Rep for info. if you are interested.