Yet in spite of these rigors ice fishing goes merrily on through- 

 out the northern latitudes. At Houghton Lake the prize is large, 

 fat bluegills. At Boyne City and Beulah, the attraction is silver 

 smelt. When sturgeon spearing was recently legalized, bulky 

 anglers went forth to Lake St. Glair and Mullet Lake to seek the 

 rare species. In a hundred places the prize is northern pike. 

 Behind all this activity is the knowledge that in winter fish are 

 hungry and eager and wonderfully tasty. 



Fish that are taken from the water and dropped onto the ice 

 at zero freeze stiff almost instantly. Two fishermen took a batch 

 of these frozen fish home. In the basement they filled a tub with 

 water and tossed the frozen fish into it. Within two minutes the 

 fish were swimming about, fully restored. Thereupon the two 

 men cleaned and filleted the fish, took them to the kitchen, and 

 fried them for a late breakfast. Only the ice fisherman can 

 achieve this ultimate in freshness. 



Cluster offish shanties in Perchville. 



