Saturday, January 29, 2011

Martin and James go ice fishing

My buddy and colleague James and I work at Trail Blazers Camp in New Jersey. Its the second oldest camp in the country and boasts 1000 acres of gorgeous deciduous forest and a sizable lake. We went out there last weekend to get away from the city and to do some ice fishing.

The temps dropped to -12 degrees F (-24 C) one night which made sleep difficult. We spent a good portion of the night outside sawing and chopping wood to get the blood flowing. We were lucky enough to have an almost full moon that night which illuminated the snow covered lake spectacularly. We didn't have too much luck with the fish but the sun was out in the day, the moon was out at night and we came home smelling of smoke and bass guts which is really all I could ask for.