...ice fishing

The Hufford's hanging out in the Quickfish 3.

Emily peers out the door of the Quickfish 3.

Mrs. Huffy jigs for rainbow trout and arctic char through the ice of Island Lake.

Laura and Emily are all smiles after catching a few fish.

This afternoon the Hufford family took to the ice in search of fish. We loaded the sled with our ice fishing gear and hauled it out near the tip of the island in Island Lake. We popped up the Quckfish 3 for shelter and drilled some holes in the ice. We all had a rods in the water for about an hour before Emily hooked the first rainbow trout. She caught it on her pink Barbie fishing rod which she bought last weekend with her own money. It wasn't much longer before she reeled in a lunker 15 inch rainbow. I offered to buy her rod and even said I would pay double what she had paid for it, but she wasn't about to budge. She knows when a fishing rod has good karma. Laura hooked up next and pulled in a arctic char. It got dark not long after that and we decided to head back to the house for dinner. We fried one of the trout in a pan for an appetizer and it was delicious.

Emily must have been very tired after reeling in those trout because she fell asleep on the couch long before her bed time. Even those of us who didn't catch anything are tired, and we all had a great day...ice fishing.