We've hit a run of warm (ish) weather the last few days, blue skies and sunshine. Spring has very much arrived and Winter has long gone. Not content with Winter leaving of its own volition we chased it off this weekend by heading around 140 miles North East to Bluey Lake, which is still well and truly frozen at this time of year.
Jaime's dad invited us to try Ice Fishing, not something I've ever tried. As it sounds Ice Fishing is fishing through ice. In this case Bluey lake had an ice surface which was several inches thick. The ice is not only thick enough to walk on but easily thick enough to support the weight of a quad or much heavier vehicle. An ice auger is used to drill the hole through the ice before dropping a fishing line into the water below.
Like most fishing, from there on its a waiting game, and this being far enough from civilisation it gave us the chance to enjoy the view and be in the great outdoors. While the sun was out it was warm and pleasant but as we were sitting on one massive piece of ice when the clouds closed in a little, the temperature dropped. A fire to warm us through and a few Thermos flasks of warm drinks soon resolved that as a problem.
Unfortunately we didn't have the most successful fishing day, but it was of no matter, it was a chance to experience outdoors somewhere and something new.
No comments:
Post a Comment