Winter Ice Fishing Adventures

I've done a few different ice fishing trips lately, doing some exploring, and looking for something new and different.  There is a lake fairly close to home for me, that I have heard has whitefish in it.  I've tried it twice before in the winter, with no success, and have never heard, or seen sign of anyone ice fishing it.  I figured I would give it one more shot, and lo and behold, I actually got a nice whitefish!  It was a beauty, and had these rather unique looking, large wide fins.  I actually got it suspended in about 40 feet of water.  It was the only fish of the fairly short trip, but certainly enough to make me go back again!
Then we did a night time Ling excursion, one of my favourite winter trips.  The fishing is generally alot of fun, but the adventure is even better.  It's always a blast going out on the ice at night, setting lines out, and gathering around a bonfire waiting for fish.  We ran into some rather severe technical issues, as my friends auger had a catastrophic fuel line failure.............It turned into a bit of a fiasco, but while my friends tried to basically rebuild an auger, I managed to chisel my way through a very old ice hole.  I only got half soaked, and created a very awkward shaped hole, but we could fish!  The four of us gathered around one hole, and we managed to atleast squeeze one nice burbot through it!  Always an adventure!