ice fishing in madison

i spent this past weekend in madison, wisconsin to go ice fishing. we didn't catch any fish, but we did do a lot of other fun stuff while on the lake, including building a snow fort, grilling bratwursts, and making snow tea.

speaking of ice fishing, i recently heard a story about ice fishing. persons 'J' and 'Y' had just finished digging a hole in the ice with an ice chisel. person 'Y', like any good engineer, was curious as to how deep the water was below the ice. so he took the ice chisel (~4 feet or 1.3 meters long) to the hole to determine water depth. as person 'Y' was doing this, person 'J' cautioned him to be careful to not drop the chisel into the water. person 'Y' was somewhat offended at such nagging and proceeded to dip the ice chisel into the water. unfortunately, as the chisel was being lowered into the water, person 'Y' lost his grip on it and with a plop, the the ice chisel sank down to the bottom of the lake. at least they were able to determine that the water was deeper than the length of the ice chisel.

so don't be like our tragic hero, person 'Y'. it is best to exercise prudence while testing uncharted waters.