Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or method of fishing through holes cut in the ice, usually with hook and line. The most common mode of ice-fishing is by means of the tilter or tilt-up. See tilter.

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Examples

  • Xu Chang/Xinhua/Zuma Press FROZEN: Fish caught Tuesday during the first day of an ice-fishing festival lay frozen in place in Zhenlai County, in northeast China's Jilin Province.

    Photos of the Day: Dec. 27 2011

  • Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Anglers cast lines through holes into a frozen river during an ice-fishing competition during the annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival in South Korea on Saturday.

    Asia in Pictures 2012

  • I'm going ice-fishing in Little bay de noc in Michigan this Febuary. what pound test of clear line would you reomend for walleye | Field & Stream

    I'm going ice-fishing in Little bay de noc in Michigan this Febuary. 2010

  • One from long summer sunny day on the calm water, and another on a beautiful long '0' degree day ice-fishing there.

    Look Hot Without Burning 2009

  • I'm going ice-fishing in Little bay de noc in Michigan this Febuary. what pound test of clear line would you reomend for walleyes on a tip-up for a leader?

    I'm going ice-fishing in Little bay de noc in Michigan this Febuary. 2010

  • Currently, we are living in central Minnesota, the cold country where people go hunting and ice-fishing, which confuses me because I'm from Portland, Oregon, where we went down-hill skiing in the snow.

    lumiere - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • My favorite venison meal was a roasted backstrap I made from a deer that my ice-fishing buddy had shot earlier in the year.

    Paul Kahan's Recipe for Roasted Venison Backstrap 2009

  • When ice-fishing, use a sounder to place the bait at a depth that is 1 foot above the weeds.

    How To Ice-Fish With A Sounder 2010

  • Part ice-fishing competition, part party, part reason to act up, and part reason to swim in the frigid waters of Leech Lake, the Eel Pout festival draws thousands onto the ice for a Woodstock-esque celebration.

    Trash-Fish Bash: Photos from Minnesota's Eel Pout Festival 2009

  • One from long summer sunny day on the calm water, and another on a beautiful long '0' degree day ice-fishing there.

    Look Hot Without Burning 2009

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