Pics from an Ice Fishing Trip a few years ago.

[Admin]

Before I moved out here from Minnesota a bunch of friends from my old company did an annual winter ice fishing trip. It was at the Grand Vu lodge on Leech Lake in Northern Minnesota.


Here is the group of guys. Nothing but Drinking, fishing, eating, and poker. I'm on the far left and Brent is the one kneeling.

A peek at some the liquor.

6 a.m. getting ready to drive out on the lake.

Setting up the tackle and gear.

Bill (left) and I (right) dropping a line.

Brent's father Tom, apparently has no problem sleeping at 14 degrees.

Of course with alcohol, sumo wrestling is inevitable. Here is Brent and I getting ready to spar.

Then Stu (the other Marine in attendance) decides he wants a go with me too.

Here I am trying all I can to get his heavy ass off balance.

Success! No Marines were hurt in the making of this thread, yet.... [twisted]

After dinner the poker started. If you won a hand you had to take a highball glass of your favorite poison.

Stu with his first win, his drink of choice, 100 Proof Aftershock.

Stu with his 6th and final shot of Aftershock, we will see why they call it Aftershock shortly.

Here we have Stu telling the Captain "Can you please avoid the wakes that are making the ship rock so much!"

"WE HAVE A PIPER DOWN! I REPEAT, WE HAVE A PIPER DOWN!"

Here we have the last few seconds of Stu's conciseness. * Note that peice of wood was from the table he thought could hold 250+ pounds. I don't think it was rated for that much weight. [twisted]

We managed to get Stewart over to the couch, that money that Jeff is holding is what our drunken champ had won.

The rest of us kept drinking and playing.

Let's check back on Stu to see if he is okay... It was cold so we put a hat on him to keep him warm.

You would think I would be a bit more happy after winning a hand. [shock] Tony must have been there...

Apparently I over served myself and was talked in to doing some art work with Stu's face. I took my clippers and gave him the Rapper eyebrow, and the hitler moustache.

You should have heard him the next morning when he looked in the mirror. It's a good thing I can run fast. [twisted]

 

[C-pher]

That's some of the best pictures that I've seen in a long time.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[redsoxdoc]

and that folks is why the life of a Navy corspman is a busy one


Seriously though, those are some cool pics.

 

[FalArAk]

Holy shit ! The progression of those pictures is outstanding! Great story and thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[Lynne]

Derek - the pics without the play by play would have been good, but the added verbiage was priceless!

 

[Bruce for NH State Rep]

Hey, those look an awful lot like MY ice fishing pics.

"Fishing", yeah right.

Our toughest rule was first one up has to start the fire and make the bacon. Mind you, this was in an uninsulated cabin up in Maine in February. Zero degrees (F) INSIDE in the morning.

That's brisk.

Rum-sicles, anyone?

 

[Admin]

Rum-sicles, anyone?

Those beers kept freezing too. :?

 

[Bruce for NH State Rep]

We left a pot of spiced rum on the stove overnight. It had turned to slush.

I have to say it's pretty fun freaking my friends out by waking up and starting breakfast wearing just my long johns while the rest of the alcohol-damaged souls remained tightly wrapped in their sleeping bags.

Buncha wussies.

The best "rule" of the weekend was the one where every half hour or so, the latest loser at whatever card game we happened to be playing at the time had to trek out and chip out the holes so the traps didn't freeze in solid.

And, no we didn't catch any fish. That wasn't the main objective, anyway.

 

[TonyD]

Why's Brent always on his knees?

 

[Nickle]

Of course catching fish isn't an objective.

Kind of like going to Deer Camp, and people only going into the woods to take a walk.

Although, I have been in serious Deer Camps. Still fun, though.

 

[Admin]

Of course catching fish isn't an objective.

The fish if you catch any are only a bonus. It's all about the partying.

 

[Nickle]

My boss used to go to Deer Camp religiously, every year. Now that wouldn't be strange, except for the simple fact that he doesn't hunt, and didn't own a gun.

 

[Moderator]

Dr mcgillicuddy's, yum

It's like candy, but better.

 

[Admin]

Einstein Stu was braging earlier how he could drink the whole bottle of Aftershock and eat the sugar in the bottom of the bottle when he was done. [roll] He got about 3/4 the way through the bottle and went "Tits Up" He destroyed that table too, broke a chair, and ripped the toilet paper dispenser off the wall in the restroom.

The amazing this was he actually got up the next morning to fish.

 

[TonyD]

I'm certainly glad I'VE never been that drunk!

 

[Nickle]

The amazing this was he actually got up the next morning to fish.

With or without using "Chum"? 8)