Ice Fishing in Rhinelander

This past weekend, we ventured up to Rhinelander to visit Brett and Danielle.  We left after work on Thursday and were able to hang out with D on Friday.  The weather was very nice.  Brisk, sunny and no wind.  On Saturday, Brett and I decided to go to Lake Hixon for some afternoon ice fishing trip.  We decided to bring Gus with us to get him some exercise.  With Brett's four wheeler, wearing Gus out was a cinch.  Gus topped out at 29 mph on the way to the far side of the lake.  There was another dog out there that Gus was able to play with as well.  About an hour into fishing, one of the rods slammed down quickly.  I was able to scramble over to it and brought up a small snake northern.  About 45 minutes later, another rod started to slowly tip towards the hole right when Brett was pouring himself a captain and coke.  His reaction made him fling Captain across the ice as I flung my half-full beer can on the ice on my way to set the hook.  I set the hook on a good fish and SNAP, the line broke.   Brett and I had a good laugh recalling us throwing our drinks all over the place trying to get to the line.  Needless to say, that was the extent of our action.