Perchville, the ice-fishing community on Tawas Bay. 



Deep -Freeze Fishing 



by Franklin M. Reck . . . paintings by Bill Moss 



THE TWO pink-cheeked girls in the "sports shop" were catching 

 fish like mad. Every few minutes the door of the small build- 

 ing opened a crack and out arched a yellow Tawas perch to 

 bounce on the ice, flop once, and then quietly freeze in the ten- 

 above temperature. 



Presently one of the occupants emerged and stood for a 

 moment under the building's painted legend, "Lou's Sporting 

 Goods." She had on blue ski pants, blue sweater, blue stocking 

 cap, red scarf, red mittens, and white skates. Old-time ice fisher- 



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