Hooked on catching the big one

Hooked on catching the big one

Nikki Carlson

Children crouched around ice holes while jigging their fishing poles to catch perch during an annual ice fishing field trip Tuesday afternoon. They didn't have to wait long to catch a fish. "I got one," echoed across the pond as dozens of perch were pulled up from the frigid water.

Catching the fish is the best part about going fishing, and now students across the Hi-Line will become "hooked on fishing."

Lincoln-McKinley Primary School third-graders in Kim Tommerup and Erin Olson's classrooms reeled in a lot of fish during the 15th Annual Fish, W...