This weekend Ian, Nerdig, John, Nate and myself drove up to the Flathead to go ice fishing with our good friend Marvel. Marvel invited us to come up since they were having a fishing derby on McGregor Lake where his Dad lives. It was kinda sketchy when we got there, since usually the entire lake freezes over and the ice is typically 24" thick. This year since it's been so warm the entire lake is not frozen and it is roughly 4" thick.

We got out on the ice at the ass crack of dawn (7am) and started punching holes. Within about the first hour they had three fish on the ice and I had two dead soldiers (hey, when your fishing it's okay to start that early! =). Unfortunately, the rest of the weekend (two days of solid fishing) took a turn for the worst. I think there were a total of 5 or 6 fish caught total between 5 people for two days... ouch! The first day it was really nice out... about 30 or so with no wind. The second day however, it snowed some and the wind picked up. At least John brough the ice house. So, I sat in there and drank beer with him all day.

I did take one or two pics of the ice... it was beautiful. I'll try and get them posted, having probs with flickr ATM.