Ice fishing in Lapland

Sept. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Ice fishing is one of the many activities you can experience in Lapland and there is something quite special about standing on a frozen lake and fishing. It is hard to believe that the lakes freeze so hard that you can both ice fish on them and cross country ski. Ice fishing in Lapland is a time honoured tradition and there are activities where you can catch your fish on the frozen lake and then cook it over an open fire in the snowy, frosty outdoors.  The activities in Lapland will prepare you fully for an ice fishing excursion. You will be fitted out with all of the warm clothes needed, warm socks, warm gloves and boots if required. You will travel to the river by snowmobile which is a fantastic experience.  Once you leave the trails of the town and head out into the wilderness,  you will then set out across the frozen lake until you find a position suitable for your fishing adventure.
A campsite will be located in advance where you can cook your fish supper before you embark on catching your fish from the frozen lake.  It really depends where you fish what fish you can actually catch. In many lakes you can ice fish for salmon, pike and grayling and ice fishing for trout and salmon has become ever more popular over the last couple of years.  Many will say that ice fishing is hard and you may not catch at all but in fact ice fishing often produces fish but many people are not patient enough to stay and wait it out. On a hot summers day in Lapland where the sun shines 24 hours a day in the summer months, you have all the time in the world to wait for the elusive fish but in the winter months even with the proper equipment such as thermals, it can be very cold and is often enough to send many people into the warm tent and around the fire.
Ice fishing is done by drilling a hole into the ice until you reach the water and then bait is added, when the fish begin to bite, the guides know they have the right spot. It is actually very easy to catch fish when you are ice fishing but the whole activity of being outdoors in the snowy wilderness in the dark crispy winter’s evenings is what ice fishing is really all about.

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