In Minnesota, every season offers an outdoor sport. For instance, during the middle of spring to the middle of fall, people are able to be involved in football, baseball, tennis, open water fishing, and etc. During the late beginning of winter until spring, there’s ice skiing, ice fishing, and etc. However, my favorite sports are open water fishing and ice fishing. They are both in different seasons, but they have a lot of similarities and differences as well. The similarities between open water fishing and ice fishing are the baits used to catch fish, the types of fish being caught, and the patience needed during fishing time. The baits used for open water fishing and ice fishing are quite different in its own way depending on which type of fish people are trying to fish for. However, during ice fishing season, you can still fish for the fish that are usually targeted during open water season as well. What’s most important for fishing in general is patience. Fishing takes a lot of …show more content…
The differences are the weather, types of fish, and fishing gears, including clothes. It is pretty obvious, but open water fishing is during a warm and slightly windy season. Whereas, ice fishing is during a freezing cold season with frozen lakes and snow. According to the different weathers, there are some fishes that are only allowed for a specific season and some fishes that are more targeted during the winter because it tastes better than in open water fishing season. Besides the taste of the fishes, bass fishing is only during open fishing season, therefore, they cannot be fished for during the winter time. Another difference between open water fishing and ice fishing is that ice fishing season requires more heavy gears and equipments such as an ice fishing house, an auger to drill holes, very warm clothes, and heaters. While all open water season requires is your fishing rod and