We hadn't been there very long before we (Al) reeled in a little northern. It was only 2 lbs so he tossed it back. After that we hung out watching for more fish- they have a camera that goes down in the lake and you can move it around to watch everything that is going down below the ice. When we weren't watching the fish, we watched a movie (yes, they had a tv), ate, and even got to ride a snowmobile. We spent 7 hours out on the ice before leaving to come home. We only got stuck once trying to leave- not bad compared to others who were out on the lake with 4 wheel drive and got stuck multiple times! Who said people from Missouri can't drive on snow?!?
Driving onto the lake- the snow made it look just like land once you got out there
A view of some of the fish houses on the lake- one guy told us there were 3-4000!
More fish houses. All the white ground is the lake. 
The fish house we stayed in is the red one on the right. 
Celeste & I in front of "The Grand Lodge". Al's mom & dad have an "Ice Castle"- pretty fancy
The front half of the house- kitchen, tv, and bathroom to the right
The back half of the lodge- the table turns into a bunk, they are using the top bunk for storage and you can't see from the pictures there are two bunks that fold down one on each side
The big northern Al caught later in the day- he had reeled it in to the ice and was getting ready to pull it up through the hole
Jason posing with the keeper- shortly after Al was weighing it and it got away- it was flopping around all over on the floor before Celeste finally caught it between her feet! It ended up weighing 7 lbs- not bad, but no record.
Jason snowmobiling
The end of our day driving off the lake
6 comments:
How cool is that!!! What a great experience and something that you can now say that you have done.
On a side note...we spent most of the day outside without jackets as it was a gorgeous day! :)
what a great experience. The first thing I thought of was "Grumpy Old Men". These are experiences you will be able to share with your grandkids someday.
That is cool! I can't imagine staying in a lodge on ice!
Looks like a lot of fun! My dad will be SO jealous! Any update from the ultrasound on Thursday? We're anxiously awaiting any updates!
Looks cold to me! We had a snowmobile growing up and those were some of our favorite memories as kids! Glad you had a wonderful experience to remember the rest of your lives!
Ok, I'm glad you had fun, but are you nuts???? Sorry, no way I'm going out there on frozen water like that!!
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