Family Ice Fishing - Treasureton

The kids were out of school and I had a day off!  Time to go Ice Fishing.  We loaded the family and hit up Treasureton.  We went fishing for hours and only landed one fish.  Once again, a bad day fishing is better than a great day at work.  I was proud of the kids for sticking it when it was so cold.  I think I was ready to go home before they were.  The funniest part about catching the one trout was that Shelly was in the bushes peeing and missed the beauty that we landed.  We released it before she could see it.  I didn't have a tape measure but I believe it was in the neighborhood of 18 inches.  At least we got a couple of pictures of the nwwice fish!

Buglet ice fishing

Braxton and his new ice fishing rig that he got for Christmas.

McKenzie - the ice fishing princess.

Nwice Fish!

Don't we look enthused in the Ice Fishing tent?!?!

Ice Fishing - Treasureton

My Dad got a new ice fishing tent and sled for Christmas so we needed to take them for a test drive.  We both had the day off so it was time to fish!  We headed up to Treasureton Reservoir in Idaho to try and rip some lips.  Dad was tearing it up catching bass after bass but he wanted to snag a rainbow trout.  After half a dozen holes in the ice he finally landed a 20 inch rainbow trout.  It was a nwiiiice fwiiiiish as Mister Twister would say.  I believe the fish count was 8 bass and 1 rainbow trout for him.  I landed one lowly bass.  Dad always says, "A bad day fishing beats a great day at work - ANYDAY!"  It was a great day off in my book.

Delicious Eskimo Ice Fishing Tent

I caught you a delicious bass.

Dad was catching and I was fishing.

JimBob catching bass in his brand new ice fishing tent.

 

He brought the measuring tape to document his 20 inch rainbow trout.

Nwice Fwish - Mister Twister

My one fish for the day - a baby bass.