As an alternative to the freezer section of the local supermarkets we have ice fishing....
This apparently involves drilling a hole through the ice with a giant corkscrew, dropping a line in and then sitting on a bucket in the middle of the lake for about 5 hours jiggling the line about until the temptation of a nice juicy maggot gets too much for some unfortunate and very chilly kokanee salmon.
Been told its great fun and the salmon taste extra yummy at this time of year but I think we'll stick to fish fingers!
Incidentially we have been advised that the minimum depth for safe ice fishing is 6 inches and that the lakes just north of us have ice 16 inches, thick...the ice these guys are on is only 4inches and they were still out there when the temperature was above freezing and there were pools of water on the top of the ice! We are not sure if the culstering of ice fisherfolk is a good idea (extra hands if someone takes a dip) or whether the solitary ice fisherperson is erring on the side of caution and avoiding the extra weight....
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