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ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2016-02-02 06:00 AM

My friend and I icefishing-February,2005, at Browns Lake..
North Central Pa. Strange day..very cold, but sleeting..

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-02-02 09:16 AM

Oh boy! That would be a day of fun if ever there was fun. I know I would go for it. Growing up in south Arkansas my best friend Charles and I jumped in frozen creeks, breaking the ice to swim.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

2 posted 2016-02-02 11:11 AM

Being from Canada I have been ice fishing and it is a true delight.
Love the verse in the pic.
Hey, at least you`re dressed right.
Kinda cool doing it in an ice shack too. Good conversation, a couple of tummy warming drinks and as Robert Service said out in the big alone. Silence worth a million!
Good stuff!

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

3 posted 2016-02-02 11:22 AM

wonderful reading you i can feel the cold and the feeling oneself alive, and I read it again for best, thanks for that

yann

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

4 posted 2016-02-03 07:43 AM

Jerry
Swimming in ice water is exactly what we icefishermen try to avoid.
Did that a couple times, not the swimming part,
but had to wade ashore after fishing all day,
and the ice thawed where I got on.. a cold walk back to my truck.
Thanks for the reply.
*********************
ethome-thank you
Yes, New Brunswick is a good place for icefishing.
" Silence worth a million!"
Yes it is..my mind is never more cleared than when I am on the ice.
**********************
2islander2
Thank you for reading, and your reply.
You probably don't get much ice where you live?
The most I have seen here is 22"-makes for hard drilling,
but I love it anyway.

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

5 posted 2016-02-03 09:51 AM

Holy smokin' catfish! That looks very, very cold indeed. I tried ice fishing once in Montana, once was enough for me. All I managed to accomplish was to freeze the bait, and my backside.

Enjoyed the adventure-write. Spot-on title too.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2016-02-03 04:35 PM

A celebration ... I love that. And I trust you treat the poor fish with love when he offers his life for you.

The silence of Nature indeed is worth gold! I guess a buddy still is a good idea even if talking isn't the priority.

Enjoyed the picture and your philosophical view of the experience.

Love,
Margherita

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2016-02-04 08:49 PM

"to live and to feel alive." nice...james

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