And watch the ice buildup on rod eyelets. Reidenbach got a little careless the other day and when he cast, the ice sliced through the line and his lure sailed into the drink. Dipping the rod into the warmer water is a common technique to avoid icing. For scores of anglers, smallmouth fishing has become a year-round passion. Doug Strouphauer, a Lebanon angler who fishes the warm water at Brunner Island and below a power plant at Sunbury, has a similar drive.
Fishing is like a noncurable disease.
It never goes away. If we can catch fish year-round, we will go.