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you can add

or subtract
clothing to
keep at a
comfortable
temperature.

Second
thing: Many

older anglers
who enjoy
open water
fishing know
how to use a
spinning

outfit.
However,
many
youngsters
don’t. I have
a good
number of
ice-fishing

rod/reel set-
ups, and I
always have
one set aside
with no line.
This enables
me to show

a young
angler who
has never
used a spinning reel how to do so.

Next, take a rod/reel with line and simulate a fish being on the line. Teach the youngster when to reel
and when to let the rod fight the fish.

For anglers new to ice-fishing, and especially young anglers, I prefer to use baits that have just one
hook: No trebles! It’s much easier to remove single hook baits from a fish’s mouth. The past couple of
years I’ve been fishing with some youngsters and we’ve used, almost exclusively, Forage Minnow Jigs
tipped with some sort of bait. These lures have a larger body and just a single fixed hook. They’re very
easy to handle, and the fish like them. In the hands of a beginning angler, that’s a win.

It works so much better to make sure the beginning angler has a depth-finder to use. Share