Althouse: Yummy Valentine's sunrise.

February 14, 2026

Yummy Valentine's sunrise.

We were out in the sunrise, and so were the ice fishers:

24 comments:

john mosby said...: Yummy yummy yummy I got walleye in my tummy, and I feel like lovin you! CC, JSM; 2/14/26, 8:54 AM
Peachy said...: The rule the world envoy - what is that?; 2/14/26, 8:57 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Wally walleye
Whoa oh oh
We gotta go
Ya ya ice fish ing; 2/14/26, 9:07 AM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/14/26, 9:24 AM
Iman said...: Ice ice, baby… or you could fish for brown trout on teh Potomac; 2/14/26, 9:27 AM
Joe Bar said...: What an interesting method of transport. The guy in the back, is he holding the next trailer, or merely relaxing?; 2/14/26, 9:27 AM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/14/26, 9:44 AM
Peachy said...: Is that Ringo?; 2/14/26, 9:47 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "The guy in the back, is he holding the next trailer, or merely relaxing?"

He seems to be leaning back with his feet up on the next sled.; 2/14/26, 9:55 AM
Kai Akker said...: Loved the musical choices. Just spent a half hour reading about Tears for Fears and Ohio Express and 1910 Fruitgum Co. et al. All the way to the G. Gouldman who wrote "For Your Love." More than I needed to know, a lot more!, but that Tears for Fears song is haunting and I had just heard it on some Instagram posting. They got more done than I ever would have guessed.; 2/14/26, 10:12 AM
rehajm said...: Did you get the YT short with Tears for Fears filming their music video? I got it a few says ago. No overlay of the song but what they were actually playing and mumbling to match the song and dub in later…; 2/14/26, 10:35 AM
Jaq said...: I have seen a lot of ice fishing gear, but never one of those hand tractor things.; 2/14/26, 11:15 AM
Kai Akker said...: --- Did you get the YT short with Tears for Fears filming their music video

No, but I did get Bob Marley reducing John Lennon to a crying, fetal ball.

Except somewhere it says it never happened. Still photo very strong nevertheless. Paul is stunned.; 2/14/26, 11:36 AM
Josephbleau said...: That’s just a snowdog, a motor tow sled. $2-5 k. They look like something the German army made for the Battle of the Bulge in ‘44.; 2/14/26, 12:13 PM
Josephbleau said...: I bet half the price is for the product liability insurance. The cool ones have a grey white camouflage with green and brown streaks, perfect Wisconsin winter camo.; 2/14/26, 12:21 PM
Jaq said...: You could buy a used snowmobile a lot cheaper.; 2/14/26, 12:29 PM
Peachy said...: OK - It's Ringo and his drum kit. Got it.; 2/14/26, 1:24 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: A Snowdog is what you see pulling them across the ice. Typically they are used to groom mountain bike trails in the winter.

https://snowdog.com/; 2/14/26, 1:32 PM
Beasts of England said...: The Snowdog is very cool - I’d have to own one of those. But, in the video I see three guys headed our to ice fish and I couldn’t see the cases of beer. Sum ting wong.; 2/14/26, 2:19 PM
Rustygrommet said...: B of E
Just because you don't see any doesn't mean there isn't any. After all you can only stare at a hole in the ice so long before you need a drink.; 2/14/26, 6:08 PM
Josephbleau said...: I ice fished on Lake Huron, I got a plastic hut and all, I did it to do something together outdoors in the winter with my young son. If you are in a dark hut the sunlight is really nice shining up from the ice and you can see the walleye swimming around even if they don’t want your maggot bait. It’s nice that even in 30 feet of water the bottom thru the hole is clear as a bell and you can see all the plants and sand clearly. A different thing.; 2/14/26, 7:55 PM
Josephbleau said...: My fall back was pink salmon eggs, any fish will bite pink salmon eggs on a treble hook.; 2/14/26, 8:03 PM
JIM said...: Fishing (appears to be) is life.; 2/14/26, 11:28 PM
Rustygrommet said...: Well, JIM. It gets you out of the house anyway.; 2/16/26, 11:48 AM