This past weekend I had the incredible opportunity to go Ice fishing with the three most important men in my life; my father, brother and boyfriend, Shane.
Shane picked me up at about nine thirty because it was a two hour drive from the city to get to the lake that my father had chosen to fish this time. We had a really good drive down, we talked and listened to a sermon and some music; it was really good bonding time. We met my dad and brother about 10km from the lake and then followed them through some back roads till we got to the lake. We had no idea what to expect when we got there, we had only looked at it from Google Maps. Once we got to the lake we could see many other vehicles on the lake and people fishing, there were some huts as well. We drove onto the lake with our two Jettas…
This was our set up on the lake, we blocked most of the wind with the cars, built a fire in a metal pail and then set up our tip ups. If you don’t know what a tip up is, don’t feel bad. I didn’t either until I went ice fishing. Basically what a tip up is, is a contraption that has a spool on the bottom and a flag on the top, you place it over the whole in the ice and when the fish pulls at the bate attached to the hook on the string hanging from the spool the flag pops up. Thus eliminating need for sitting there freezing your
bottom off.
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| Tip Up |
We only had four tip ups so we also did some rod fishing as well. Even though we did not catch anything we did end up getting a fish. My brother made friends with the people fishing next to us and they told us that they had caught some, so they gave one to him; he was ecstatic. We were out there for about four hours and it was only about minus ten degrees Celsius. It was a beautiful day.
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| Shane, Liam, Dad |
We had a really good time out on the ice, it was good to catch up with my dad and brother because I live in the city for school so I don’t get to see them as often as I’d like.
God’s creation is so magnificent. We are so blessed.
Bethany Christine Creative 