Ice Fishing

If the lakes freeze over I try to get a picture of ice-fishing. Wasn't sure it was going to happen the year. Then on my way to the grocery there, they were of all places on No 1 pond. Can't remember seeing them there before.

[Richard Sayer]

Nicely done in B and W - the close-by houses make this look like an ordinary everyday scene.

[Islandgirl]

Lovely scene!

[Esther Rosenberg]

How nice! Ice fishing is still on my bucket list to do....

[Milanie]

I loved ice fishing! That was one of the things I enjoyed most about our winter trips to Colorado when Leslie lived there. Nicely composed

[Annie D]

beautiful composition and scene

[Danette Thompson]

I love it

[Call me Joe]

❤️💕

[Jane Pittenger]

Such courage to walk out there

[Suzanne]

I'm intrigued: what do they fish for? And by the name 'No 1 Pond'?? How many are there?

[Taffy]

Such confidence in the ice! And good storytelling about a winter's day.

[Diana]

Beautifully captured, doubt I would have to courage to walk on ice.

[haskar]

Great scene and shot.

[Casablanca]

I love to see people walking on ice! It used to freeze in my corner of England in the Winter and we walked on the local pond but not recently.

[Joan Robillard]

@ankers70 THere are lots of fish species they can fish in winter. They make a hole in the ice and drop a line. No. 1 pond comes from a designation back in the times of the Mills. I believe it is man made reservoir as down a lttle bit is a dam. I remember as a child the roar when they opened the dam to make electricity for the mills.

[Dione Giorgio]

Isn't it risky, if the ice breaks? Makes a beautiful b&w. Imagine. Lovely shot.

[Joan Robillard]

@sangwann You are supposed to measure the thickness before you go out. But yes some people don't and there are disasters.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely b/w .

[Peter Dulis]

nice capture

[Lou Ann]

Great capture! Still scares me.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture that tells a story. I'd be afraid to do that.

[gloria jones]

Neat, icy image

[Merrelyn]

Lovely b&w Joan. I'd much rather be sitting by a nice warm fire rather than by a hole in the ice trying to catch a fish :)

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely icy capture, makes me want to curl up in front of a roaring fire!

[Pat Knowles]

Lovely capture…I love the hedge across the foreground! Looks great in b/w.

[Suzanne]

Thankyou. I really enjoy the stories reflected in the photos on this site. @joansmor

[Judith Johnson]

Great sport, good capture. We did this when we lived in Canada on the day before our daughter was born!

[Juan B.]

Wow, I probably wouldn't feel safe fishing on ice. Then I problably would go to the grocery to buy some tuna cans or so ;)

[Tom]

Great winter ice fishing/walking capture