Every year Abe and I go to the lake after it is frozen and collect lures, hooks, weights, etc. that people have got stuck in the trees. This year we also went ice fishing. Peter was old enough to come along this year so we brought him.
We made 2 holes in the ice which was between 7 and 12 inches thick with an ax and hatchet. The fish apparently don't like liver ether, so we didn't catch any.