Ice Feeshorama 2010 was a blast. First, Lake Mille Lacs is big and beautiful (that’s what she said). In fact, we had great weather, which made it so much better than I imagined.

Being the newbie, I didn’t know what to wear. I wanted to be warm enough and tried multiple clothing combos. I finally settled on (among other things) a pink sweater, gray vest, white hat and white boots. I also had pink sunglasses, so I looked like Ice Fishing Barbie. I don’t care, I think I looked cute, I was warm and, comon, the nickname is funny.

As we approached the lake, everyone kept asking if I’d freak out by driving on the ice. I didn’t really care, I mean, it’s 18 inches thick and there are dozens of other cars and ice houses. If it weren’t safe, they wouldn’t have been out there.

Once we all took out our food and liquor (and there was a lot of liquor) we headed back outside and played a little in the snow. After a while, Joe helped me bait a hook and explained the basics of ice fishing. I did get a chance to snowmobile too.

Joe cooked up some yummy bacon-wrapped shrimp and venesin. It was delicious.

Then, after the sunset, a few of us got in the car and drove back to the cities. The rest stayed.

I’ll post pics in a few days.