There isn't much open water in northern North Dakota during January and February. That's why you see structures like this on the lakes in that area. This is a fish house me and my best friend from the next farm over built one winter more than 30 years ago. Don't know where we got the paint but at least you could always spot the shack in a hurry! We would put it on Lake Metigoshe, which is on the North Dakota-Manitoba border. We caught tons of yellow perch, a few nice northerns, and drank a few beers in these shacks.
This photo is for Bowhunter, Wade, and JohnW. Any guesses as to who this future uber trout guide is? He was too young for earrings at that time.
There isn't much open water in northern North Dakota during January and February. That's why you see structures like this on the lakes in that area. This is a fish house me and my best friend from the next farm over built one winter more than 30 years ago. Don't know where we got the paint but at least you could always spot the shack in a hurry! We would put it on Lake Metigoshe, which is on the North Dakota-Manitoba border. We caught tons of yellow perch, a few nice northerns, and drank a few beers in these shacks.
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I swear when I get too old to wade those slippy rivers I'm going to take up ice fishin. I'm gonna make me one of those fish houses and paint "Soc un Gran Pescador" on the side. I'll drag that damn thing out onto the ice at Sayers, light the stove and pour a Staub. I may even fish.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Chief,
With your luck the ice would be to thin and you would lose all your Staub's.
Eric Stroup??? Just kidding. When it comes to hunting heads, Mike Kuhnert knows how to Git R Done -even as a youngin'.
I'm really enjoying all these scanned shots. Betcha some good times were had out in the old Big Pink.
That actually sounds like a lot of fun, sittin in a semi heated box, ice fishing and enjoying a few IPA's. I bet the night sky is something to behold out on the prairies, far away from the lights of towns and cities. I guess too that you have to pee all over the place, so you don't burn a hole in the ice and go for a swim??? I dunno, might be a consideration...
A Compleat scene from Big Pink:
Piscator: "Adjust The Weight on ye horsehair, for the pike takes his breakfast on the bottom."
Viator: "We shall surely catch Chest Fever if we stay on this forsaken, windswept block of ice!"
Piscator: "Brother, restrain your Tears of Rage, for a contented spirit makes the best angler."
Viator: "I will endeavor to do so, good Piscator. Alas, a good pike has taken my bait, and he pulleth on my horsehair. In fact, This Wheel's of Fire from his strong run."
Piscator: "I fear you have foul hooked this fine pike, and a true brother of the angle would not keep a fish so hooked."
The Pike: "I Shall Be Released."
Greg:
Up in northern ND it would have been Ole and Lena and not Piscator and Viator!
Ya sure, you betcha.
Ole and Sven took their poles and headed out to do some ice fishing. As they were augering a hole in the ice they heard a loud voice from above say, "There are no fish under the ice. Go somewhere else."
Ole an Sven moved about 25 feet over and started to make another hole. The voice came again, a little stronger, "There are no fish under the ice. Go somewhere else."
They both looked around and then looked up. Ole said humbly, "Are you God?"
The voice, "No, the ice rink attendant."
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