When is the best time to go fishing? For some it is in the coldest time of the year when lake are frozen soild there are many Lakes the eastern and midwestern United States that freeze over each winter. Long ago Indians would chop a hole in the ice and spear the fish they needed for food. ice fishermen today build small sheds and put them on sled runners. With wood or canvas sides, the shed can be made very warm and comfortable. Seats can be built in to so that the fisherman will not have to sit on the ice When the shed is finished, it is pulled out onto the lake. A hole is chopped away to make an opening about a foot square ant the shed is then pulled over the hole. Because it is dark inside the shed, the fish can be seen swimming in the water below Most ice fishermen use a rod, reel, and bait just as they do when fishing in the summer. But it is header to fine min and worms in the winter when the ground and water are frozen, so fisherman must plan ahead. One thing an ice fisherman does not need is refrigerator to keep his fish fresh