Ice fishing is angling performed on frozen water. The ice fishing gear the fishermen may use is either fishing lines or spears and they have to make a hole in the body of ice in order to gain access to the unfrozen water underneath the ice. They may sit on a stool in the open air on the ice near the opening through which they get their fish. Some fishermen have made this activity even more pleasurable as they have built cabins of wood around the opening which are heated and equipped with bunk beds so that they could also take a bit of rest.

Ice fishing is very popular especially in the icy regions on our planet. Some countries where it has become a hobby during free time are the European Northern ones like Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Russia and even Germany. The Great popularity levels are reputed by ice fishing in the North of the United States, as well as in Canada and Alaska.

As for the type of fishing gear used for ice fishing, technologies now allow the use of more complex methods with superior results. The angling line or a spear could turn out useless for such kind of activity if you do not have an ice saw or a chisel at hand to begin with. Remember that an opening in the ice is required first and foremost. However water will keep freezing even after you have made the hole, so almost all anglers additionally carry a skimmer to remove the freshly produced layer of ice. Most people also bring heaters along, not just to prevent ice formation but also to preserve a level of personal comfort too. That is that wood huts and cabins that capture this warmth inside tend to be widely preferred by those performing this activity.

Ice fishing is based on three different methods, each with its specifically designed tools. The first one relies on the use of small fishing rods that are not heavy but have lures or baits that are small again and very colorful. Secondly, you can tip-ups and they are very useful when you are not interested in catching a lot of fish over a longer period of time. Plus last, there’s spear ice fishing for which you need a larger hole and fish decoys.

Whichever the choice from the three methods, we can compare nowadays success of these fishermen’s activity with that of long ago ice fishing. It appears that today, with the help of sonars, ice fishing lovers can identify the areas where fish are located in the large body of water under the ice. Presently anglers will make around One hundred openings each day if they want a lot of game and have so much better results than those of their predecessors' who relied on just one hole and waited for the fish to come by.