Sunday, February 5, 2012

Ice fishing

It's been cold the last week - very cold. But that doesn't stop us when there is a scout trip scheduled.
We were so happy yesterday to have some of the long anticipated snow. It's been very icy, hard ski tracks, not much fun to do outside lately. Now we have real winter again.

We skied through the woods on our way to the lake where we'd decided to go fishing.
The lake was sealed under ice and about 4 inches of powder snow on top. Beautiful!

We drilled some holes through the ice, sat our lines and waited, and waited. We were hoping for some trout or char, but no fish were biting today.

So we had to prepare our brought along food on the open fire. It was good, but of course it would have been even better with a taste of fish ;-)


Here on our way to the lake, fascinated by some huge icicles hanging from a cliff.


 One boy holding the tiny jigging rod.

Princess has made her own rod - a line, a lure and a jig is all you need ;-)

Well, after a while you just have to sit down.

The boys drilling another hole through the ice.


2 comments:

  1. herlige bilder fra en herlig seanse.....virkelig...

    -du, jeg husker jeg har sett guttene dine i noen festdrakter/bunader jeg likte godt.....husker du hvor de er kjøpt? begynner jakten på den type plagg til guttene her i hus nå så har jeg det i boks til april når konfirmasjonene starter......

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  2. Kan det være de med lange bukser og jakke med hauger av knapper? Da er det i tilfelle Sparkjøp. Vi fant dem til halv pris omtrent på disse tider i fjor.

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