Was ice fishing for the second time, newbie. Weight and measurement was estimated since I did not have a scale or tape with me and I had another tip up going off ...more and wanted to get to it, also get this fish back into the water first. Using live minnows about 2 ft from bottom on tip ups. I invested in a lot of ice fishing equipment to explore this and it was fun, but learning about it will take some time is appears. But still better than sitting at home or at work.
Graduate of Penn State with a mechanical engineer degree, also got two PhD's from online schools for investing in stocks, which I love to make ...more money. Cause now I can finally think about retiring. Going to spend more time at cabin in potter county pa, looking to buy a bass boat again to go along with the kayak and fish more anywhere in the USA, love to get back to Okeechobee in Florida. Got into ice fishing as well this year and what a learning curve. Into healthy eating, so I raise worms for fishing and composting to help out my 1/8 acre garden provide a lot of our summer food. Hopefully put some miles on the Harley now to, since working 12 hours a day and spending a lot of hours on the computer doing research and investing in the market has not left me a lot of time the past 10 years, and now I can get my taxidermy studio opened back up and running again. Really like to see the customers face when you give them their mounts back and you can tell they are remembering the experience, day, with whom they shared it with and isn't that what is life about, memories that we make along our journey of life, people we meet, friends and family. Some day when I am 80 years old, sitting on a porch with a coffee and remember the 8 pt buck, first turkey with a 1 1/2" spur, or the 10lb bass that got away at the big "O" and many more, hopefully a trip to sturgis some day, I know I can leave this place peacefully, cause I enjoyed my life, nature and all the good things that came with it, even though there has been many rough times along the way. P.S. I collect old FJ40 landcruiser's if you have one to sell.