...another ice fishing adventure

The gear sled loaded with an ice auger, the Quick Fish 3, fishing rods, a bucket, and a Duluth Pack full of necessities careens across the surface of Island Lake behind the snowmachine to the fishing grounds.

Getting ready to drill a hole through the ice.

The ice is very thick!

Mrs. Hufford reels one in through a hole we had inside the tent.

Mrs. Hufford skims ice off the the top of a freshly drilled ice fishing hole.

It was a beautiful morning, albeit it cold with a temperature of two degrees, so we decided it would be a good day to spend on the ice of Island Lake doing a little ice fishing. It didn't take long to load the gear sled and pack a lunch so we were at the fishing spot in a jiffy. It probably also helps that the fishing spot is only about 100 yards from our house.

We set things up quickly and within a minute of dropping our hooks through ice Emily caught one! We could peer down the holes and see fish swimming under us constantly. Some we would catch and others we wouldn't, and watching them was just about as fun as catching them. Mrs. Hufford caught a nice one.

We spent about four hours alternately basking in the sun and fishing in the tent. The Burnett's were out riding their snowmachines and they stopped by for a visit. Then, just before we were ready to leave a ski plane landed and out jumped an Alaska State Trooper who came over and checked our fishing licenses. He was very friendly and we talked for a while about the weather and the fishing before he got back in his plane and took off to check on some trappers who had been trapping on Daniels Lake.

Not long after that we packed up and headed for home. It was a spectacular day and we had a wonderful time on...another ice fishing adventure.