By Greg Wagner
Frigid winter weather has descended on Nebraska, and ice fishing is taking center stage in the outdoor community.
In casual conversations, whenever the topic of ice fishing is brought up and I’m visiting with folks who don’t ice fish, many questions arise.
The most common one: “Why do you even go ice fishing if it’s dangerous?”
Then, there are these: “It looks so cold. Why on earth would any reasonable person consider going fishing sitting on a big ice cube?”
“I don’t get it. Why try to catch fish through the ice in the winter?”
Then there’s this question I had recently: “Have you lost your sanity? Why would you sit on frozen lake at 4 degrees for 4 hours staring down a small hole?”
However, it’s not just about fishing.
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