Fishing guide Mike Blatt lands a pike on his day off while ice fishing with friends Marc Okrant, foreground, and Nate Fritts, not pictured, both of Wilder, on a familiar setback of the Connecticut River in Hanover, N.H., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Blatt, who has booked ice fishing clients into the first week of March, measured the ice at 14 inches, carries self rescue picks, and said he never fishes on ice over river currents. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Fishing guide Mike Blatt lands a pike on his day off while ice fishing with friends Marc Okrant, foreground, and Nate Fritts, not pictured, both of Wilder, on a familiar setback of the Connecticut River in Hanover, N.H., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Blatt, who has booked ice fishing clients into the first week of March, measured the ice at 14 inches, carries self rescue picks, and said he never fishes on ice over river currents. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — James M. Patterson