Jack Mountain Bushcraft Journal - 2: Ice Fishing

Join Tim and friends on an ice fishing excursion.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• bushcraft
• ice
• fishing

[YouMockMe]

so what did people in the old days use for bait in the winter? small pieces of gut or somthing along those lines?

[JMBushcraft]

gut or something shiny.  If you're jigging you can catch fish on something flashy. But they used to fish with nets before they were made illegal.

[SteveWrightNZ]

Does the hole freeze over quickly afterwards? If not, it'd be a nasty trap for someone. Very interesting! We'd never see that sort of thing here.

[Tubetopfan1]

One perch after a day out on the ice won't make much of a meal for two adults. Better stay out a little longer.

Locating, cutting and stripping the bark/limbs off a limb and whittling on it to fit the chisel head seems like more work than just carrying a pole out in the first place. : )

Nice video.

[earthworkzen]

Outstanding Video! Thanks for continuing to share your gifts and the teachings of Bushcraft. I will share this with others to inspire!!!

[jmacphee2]

only one problem......wheres the Fish?

[yoda12145]

best video explaining how to ice fish for begginers....5/5

[Icehut]

Hi! If you get a chance, could you please post a video for beginner ice fishermen? This one was too advanced for me. I'd go to Harvard and get a PhD. in astrophysics if I wanted to get that complicated.

For example, you totally skipped over how you got the red thing off your blue hole driller. I ice fished for two years before I figured that out. It was terribly frustrating, and frankly quite embarrassing.

Thank you.

[navycomand]

ive done both too, but i think the hammer and screw drier is harder, because its not as big as a chissle

[navycomand]

yea, all u need is your equipment, a flash lite or 2, and a nice lantern and your good to go