Old school ice fishing still works

Old school ice fishing still works

By Carl Gadow of EaganThe passage of days and nights is loud and clear, but decades slip by quietly—until something smacks you in the face like a frozen northern pike.That’s when you realize you still fish like it’s 1979—and that what once felt proudly “old school,” now edges closer to simply “old fool.”My own tail-fin-to-the-cheek moment arrived just before Christmas. I was sitting on my pail, patiently jigging for sunfish, when I glanced aroun…