Emily Mulligan braves -20 degrees to finesse a Minnesota northern pike from a hole. (Don Mulligan photo)
By Don Mulligan, OutdoorChannel.com
In the diverse world of outdoor sportsmen and women, few pray for cold as religiously as ice fishermen. No other sport is as dependent on bitter cold for its enthusiasts to just participate.
But even for most ice fishermen there is a limit to how much cold they can stand.
Every fisherman’s definition of extreme cold, or what they consider unfishable conditions, is different. For some, their limit is reached when gear ceases to work. For others, it is all about pain.
The winter of 2013-2014 has tested everyone’s limits.
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