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Observations of an artist; our lake doesn’t have semi permanent ice fishing structures, the portable fishing tents appear and disappear like magic.  One moment the frozen expanse is empty and within minutes tents pop up, people appear with chairs, poles, ice augers, sleds, buckets, and coolers of food.  Most drive their vehicles to the favorite spot, occasionally little troops of folks parade across the snow towing sleds loaded with provisions, but everyone no matter how they arrive settle in to stay for the day.  At dusk the campsites disappear leaving a smoldering log or two, tangled lures and fishing line, and circular holes through the ice that slowly freeze closed.  A fresh snow will hide all evidence, and during spring the debris will quietly sink to the bottom joining archives of relics accumulated through the years.  Life on the lake is always interesting.

Gail Niebrugge, Alaska artist

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