Too true, went ice fishing with the father-in-law up in northern Wisconsin a couple Christmas's ago. There's nothing like lugging your shack and gear across a sheet of ice through a roaring 50 MPH wind. And after all that effort you can expect to catch mostly (at least in this lake) 6" fish.
I really want to try that tip-up fishing though, seems like all the fun with none of the actually holding the fishing pole part required.![]()