Winter Madness? Inexplicable as it may seem to many Michiganders, there is among us a dedicated people who relish long, cold winters -- people who religiously watch the 6 o'clock news and are cheered by the prospect of below-zero nights and cold, gray days. The name of their dream is ice fishing, and it is only fair to offer this warning: Ice fishing is a contagious and wide-spread madness. Its signs hunched figures staring down into holes in the ice, rambling communities of shanties, shelters and tents covering frozen lake surfaces-are likely to be seen on Lake Manistee in the Victorian port city of Manistee in northern Michigan. Nevertheless, a knowledge of ice fishing tackle and techniques, equipment, baits, lures and safety on the ice does not automatically accompany the disease, and for the newly infected as well as for the old enthusiast who wants to brush up on equipment and techniques. |
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