ice fishing

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noun

the act or practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.

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Origin of ice fishing

First recorded in 1745–55

Words nearby ice fishing

ice dock, icefall, ice feathers, ice field, ice fish, ice fishing, ice floe, ice flowers, ice fog, ice foot, ice-free

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How to use ice fishing in a sentence

You can fish from motorized boats on the park’s Loon Lake, and ice fishing is popular here in the winter.
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In winter months, try your hand at ice fishing for whitefish and lake trout.
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If you’re sitting around ice fishing all day in the bitter cold, you’ll need a very thick fleece and probably some other layers as well.
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She said she didn’t know any of the dozens of donors, lobbyists and other Capitol Hill insiders on the trip, which included a Friday night dinner in Minneapolis and ice fishing Saturday at Lake Minnetonka.
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Just like the difference between fleece pants you might wear while cross-country skiing and heavy arctic bibs for ice fishing, your headwear will vary dramatically based on your what you’re doing.
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One must keep in mind that, in Minnesota, they think ice fishing is exciting.
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Their chemistry, which includes a recurring joke about ice fishing and a crazy, telephone-bashing encounter, is great fun.
‘American Hustle’: A Sexy, Gleefully Chaotic Caper Starring Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence|Marlow Stern|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A slide show beams Americana pictures of kids ice-fishing, aproned men cooking pasta, and prairie sunsets.
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One day as Rabbit sat on the ice fishing—for it was now winter—Bear came along.
Canadian Fairy Tales|Cyrus Macmillan

British Dictionary definitions for ice fishing

ice fishing

noun

a form of fishing in which a line is lowered through a hole made in a frozen lake, river, etc

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