I t's fall.
Ice over is imminent.
You race to your favorite lake to enjoy the feeding frenzy that signals the end of fishing season is near. You launch your float tube onto a surprisingly calm surface. Following the shore line 100 yards out, you travel to a spot where you've caught fish before. When you arrive, a single strike, that you helplessly watch as the fish leaps and then releases itself, is your only reward. A couple hundred yards further, you notice ripples on the otherwise calm surface.