If you are under 16, you won't need a fishing license. When you turn 65, you qualify for a free Lifetime License. Ice fishing with a partner is always a good idea. Prepare well by dressing in layers, warm hat, ski mask or hood, mittens instead of gloves, sox and insulated boots and coveralls, if you have them, will cut the wind and cold keeping you warm. You can also turn your back to the wind to give yourself an added advantage.
Sunglasses help to reduce the bright winter sun's effects.
Augurs are much easier for ice depths over 8 inches. Perch and sunfish may be caught in water 5 to 25 feet deep often in the same areas you caught them in during the fall. Set the hook by lifting the rod tip quickly and firmly. Store your fish on the ice away from your fishing holes. If you don't catch a fish, move 30 to 40 feet and cut another hole.