Ice Fishing

Here are some more pictures of ice fishing. Obviously if you leave the hole open to the air for too long it freezes back over, so you cover it with snow. I have to say that this demonstrated the insulation power of snow to me better than anything else before.

I love the colour of the sky during the long long long sunsets of winter

This is what I was fishing for: loche, or burbot. They are related to cods so the flesh is coarse but the liver and the eggs are a fantastic delicacy.

this is what the liver of ine of the big fish looks like. The texture is finer than butter and just I rich. Delicious!!!

It does get dark early

And to pass the time, and because it is something I've wanted to do for a long time, I started walking across the river. This is something to do with caution. First in this cold you DO NOT want to get wet, second you do not want to fall through into the river and have to get back out.... if you can. I never made it all the way to the other side... not so far... maybe later. It is a lot of work, checking the ice every single step.

Those are my steps. Take a step, check the ice ahead of you. Take another step, etc etc

This is how far I got. It was awesome.... and I have to admit terrifying at the same time. I could totally hear the air bubbles under the ice running with the water the entire time.