Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

Another day of ice fishing,
another day with the Delica pulling through.
Hard pack snow, huge drifts and some hilarious fun
cruising through the snow on the ice.
Favorite quote : " hold on!!"
Had to cross previous drifts and track ridges to
get where I needed to be :)
Here's a 20lb'r at the site, L300 behind.

J

Great pict, I used to fish the Fresh water Cuda for years, nasty teeth on them. but a decent fight for ice fishing.

dang man thats a nice catch!
it's been years, but I used to ice fish in northern saskatchewan as a kid

Awesome catch Firesong !!!

Great to see you involving the kids and passing down the fun. I especially like the "Catch & Release" idea. Toss them back to catch another day. Besides, the bigguns are good for breeding and not eating.

Post more pics of the trip if you have them.

Wow very nice. Ice auger I haver you wouldn't get that fishes tail up through it.

How thick was the ice? I wouldn't have the nerve around here to drive anything on the ice.

It was a beautiful day.
We were using 2 ice augers and drilled about 30 holes during the day.
The augers had extensions on them since there was that much ice.
Looking at 3.5 to 4 foot thick ice.

Fish that big go back in the water. Not that great for eating.
We keep fish from around 1.5lb to 6-7lb for eating.
Im betting that one was a female, full of eggs.

This was one of the reasons I wanted what the Delica
could provide. 4x4 access and lots of clearance while
not giving up space and decent fuel mileage.

James

Haha! a fellow delica lover from saskatchewan! I didn't notice that when I first posted, but my name is James too, and I was living in Saskatoon before i moved out here to the west coast.

I bet your one of the few delicas in stoon?

Hi James
I think I am the only one here in Saskatoon at the moment.
There is a nice one in Prince Albert that I know about too.
:)
A step up in power from my 1974 VW Westy
James

Nice Fish.

That's a monster, thanks for posting the picture. What did you caught her with?

One of our favourites to eat, discovered last June that they are like candy broiled fresh with a honey/chilli glaze. Never have had the pleasure of seeing anything that size in person.

And 4 different Thai people, I showed your post to, are more amazed at that incredible fact that you can drive on the ice.

Best Regards,
Kevin

My Miltary (German) 'Gortex' pants are my favorite thing :)
At the surplus the 3x ply gortex is cheap -> $70 and tough.
Take them fishing in the winter (need waterproof for kneeling
in the snow/ice and for drilling holes -always have water coming
at ya.) In the summer they work for everything too :)

And I do blend in with the fish :)
This winter I have seen some amazing colors on pike fish from
a golden yellow tinge, to such a distinct almost translucent
undertone to their normal colors. We even saw one with a birthmark.

All yummy if you know how to fillet them and take out the
dreaded 'Y' bones. Then you have great boneless fillets.

James

The "digital camouflage" reminded me of the episode of James May's 20th Century on military stuff, including how not to be seen, i.e. camouflage. The most striking was his investigation of dazzle camouflage with model ships in a pool. You really couldn't tell which way they were pointed, where they were headed, or even exactly what sort of ship they were...

There are excerpts kicking around on youtube. The complete series is on DVD.

...laura