YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY THIS ICEFISHING SHANTY.???

[trying to catch a biggie]

i COUGHT MY BIGGEST LARGEMOUTH EVER 4 LBS .. AND RETURNED TO TEH LAKE

[normanski]

turning a long time friend on to ice fishing. knew and hunted with the man for 25 yrs but would never ice fish. finally talked him into going and now he is hooked. told his wife that now he has to buy all this equipment. she is just thrilled with me.

[vermonner]

Building my 1st hardside shanty.  Getting more friends to go with me this yr.  Icing my 1st salmon.  All in all, it's been a great year.  Looking forward to some open water, hunting seasons, then MORE ICE FISHING!!!!!!!!!

[walleye tattoo]

Took two people ice fishing for the first time .You people tell me if I did good or goofed.I had them go to Red Lake in MI with me and another ice fisherman.I had to tell them this was not real.So they made me take them up there for another trip Just to prove me wrong.

[IceBalls]

Met some great new people on the ice this year, as well as a local Party Boat Captain who started ice fishing this year.  Going out tomorrow AM to join him for some open water Trout.
Walked out on a lake this year in fog so thick that we couldn't see shore after about fifty feet...... totally disoriented out there until the sun burned the fog off mid-day!!  Great experience!!!!  Blind-Mans-Bluff looking for our tip-ups.

See you all next season!IceBalls

[TGF]

Guiding a 11 yr old kid into a 14 lb laker and seeing the wide eyes as I pulled it up the hole.

Here he is.

[scansy]

My six year old son's first ice fish.  Not as big as that laker, but here's his first fish - a small gill.  He was really freaked out by the sounds the ice made though.  It was like 20 degrees out and I tried to tell him it was good noise - ice getting stronger and all.  But a six year old imagination can run wild.

[paulwhittom]

Caught my biggest walleye ever(ice or soft water) and caught my first ice pike.

[snaggerr]

The people I met fishing from here.

[jayswimmer09]

being out in the greatoutdoors!!

[adkRoy]

Joing MIRC and becoming a Charter member for NYRC.  Go Rockbass.

[Big Burk]

2 weeks ago took jesse out showed him how its done catching 5 perch and 4 burbot to his 2 small small burbot, last weekend took danny out schooled him up 1 burbot, 11perch to his one perch then on thursday i took jesse out again for probably the last outting and totall fish count 12 perch for me zero for jesse  all angler skills we were basically side by side, switched holes he wouldnt listen to me in his hook choices and i kept reeling in the fish then 5 minutes befor we had to leave just as the bite was dying he switched to the sweedish pimple i told him to use after 5 min of him getting no action and he started having hits but couldnt set the hook. 

[Stump Puller]

We had a Pro-Am Bass derby come to town, and my 14 year old son wanted to go in it. I told him to save $250, and I'll throw in the other $250, best move I ever made. He had 3 days of fishing with the pros, and learned alot. He lives to fish, and by not saying no to him, I think helped to keep him off the streets, and out of trouble. To bad more kids couldn't experience something like that.

[Lobes]

Had my first encounter with muskrats trying to come into my shack with me. My wife was sitting next to me and nearly did a simulation of the space shuttle launch.

                                             

[Stump Puller]

Had my first encounter with muskrats trying to come into my shack with me. My wife was sitting next to me and nearly did a simulation of the space shuttle launch.

                                              :unsure

I'd pay addmision to see that, lololol

[corny13]

Honestly just finding this site, its awesome, I have learned a lot from it!

[jigmasterjr]

my favorite memory this year was of my wife catching her first fish threw the ice and that being two days before she gave birth to my daughter lol.

[fish_finder]

 When i took my girlfriend icefishing for the day. She caught her first fish and it was great to see. She not only caught the biggest perch but also the biggest pickerel and the most fish, now i never hear the end of it 

[jeepsw1]

Catching my Largest bass to date, and catching my 1st northern pike in about 10 years

[perch-man]

I think my best memory is acutally meeting some of the members that i talked with. Putting a face to the name.

[Mr.Vexilar]

Catching my first pike on a tip up throught the ice, man was i excited! ANd meeting a member of the forum cagetrapper, extablished a good fishin(ship) with him, also got to spend a lot of time with my dad on the ice this year!!  What a great seasoN!

[toguefisha]

Took my daughter out onto her first fishing trip....and she caught her first fish ever.



Was also able to put one of my Army buddies who's never fished much onto his first salmon and his first togue.  Nothing big, but he was certainly happy.


Sharing your love of fishing with someone else is what it's all about.

[fishfry]

Catching my biggest crappie and bass this season. Also caught the most crappie this season. Oh yeah and using tipdowns.

[percheyes42]

My favorite memory is when I took my buddy to Sodus and he caught his first 13+ inch perch. He is hooked now and I think I may have found another fishing partner as hardcore as me. We were out last Saturday in the pouring rain. All he had on was a couple of sweatshirts and no shanty. We ended up limiting. I told him we can go at anytime and he said "not until I get my limit." He was soaked and freezing, but didn't want to leave. Now that's what I'm talking about. Diehard.