ICE FISHING SHANTIES

[Templar]

ATTACHED ARE THREE PICTURES OF ICE SHANTIES AND THEY HAVE COME ALONG WAY----THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS A FISHING TOWN ON A LAKE---ENJOY......................

[Goose]

I've seen some real neat one. They are built like a small house trailer on wheels. They are pulled onto a frozen lake then lowered by a crank down to the ice. I saw one that had a built in propane fireplace, 2 bunk beds, a T V, 4 fishing holes, and a small stove. There was no refrigerator and I wondered why.

[Triggersmob]

You wouldn't want the fire on too hot.
Wake up in the morning and find you are half sunk into the ice. 

[Templar]

MOST OF THE FISHERMEN USE A SHORT POLE WITH A LINE AND HOOK--THEY ARE CALLED TIPUPS AND SOME PUT A SMALL BELL ON THE POLE SO THEY CAN HEAR A NIBBLE---IN HOUGHTON LAKE MICHIGAN THEY HAVE SO MANY "HOUSES " THAT THEY CALLTHE AREA :TIP-UP TOWN" AND THEY HAVE ALL KIND OF PARTIES AND EVENTS---SUCH AS LARGEST FISH CAUGHT IN EACH TYPE---DOG SLED RACES---SNOW MOBILE RACES---AT NIGHT THEY GO FOR LIGHTED SNOW MOBILE RIDES THROUGH MARKED TRAILS------SOME OLD RAILROAD LINES HAVE HADE THEIR OLD TRACK REMOVES AND THESE MAKE EXCELLENT SNOW MOBILE ROADS----TIP UP TOWN ATTRACKS THOUSANDS AND I FORGOT TO MENTION SOME OF THE MOST UNIQUE ICE CARVINGS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN---------