Ice fishing - Quiz
Ice fishing
  • 1. What types of vehicles fall through the ice each year?
A) Only commercial trucks and buses
B) Boats and jet skis
C) Bicycles and motorcycles only
D) Cars, trucks, SUVs, snowmobiles, and fish houses
  • 2. What do current environmental regulations require when a vehicle falls through the ice?
A) Burning the vehicle on the ice
B) Painting the vehicle bright orange
C) Leaving the vehicle until spring
D) Speedy recovery of the vehicle or structure
  • 3. What method might be employed for hoisting when trouble occurs far from shore?
A) Helicopters
B) Cranes on wheels
C) Hot air balloons
D) Submarines
  • 4. Who must be hired to help recover a vehicle from the water?
A) Marine biologists
B) Divers
C) Coast guard officers
D) Lifeguards
  • 5. What causes carbon monoxide poisoning in ice fishing?
A) Ice auger engines
B) Fishing rod materials
C) Fish house heaters
D) Burning wood on the ice
  • 6. What causes frostbite during ice fishing?
A) Wearing wet gloves
B) Prolonged exposure to wind and low temperatures
C) Touching cold fish
D) Drinking cold water
  • 7. How is carbon monoxide poisoning prevented in most new fish houses?
A) Air exchange systems that allow air flow
B) Air conditioning units
C) Thicker insulation
D) Chemical filters
  • 8. How many people died while out on the ice in the USA and Canada in 2017?
A) 5
B) 56
C) 104
D) 12
  • 9. What do fatalities almost always occur from?
A) Carbon monoxide poisoning
B) Heart attacks while pulling fish
C) Hypothermia in the air
D) Drowning after falling into the ice
  • 10. What caused a small number of victim fatalities besides drowning?
A) Fish bites
B) Blunt-force trauma
C) Vehicle crashes on land
D) Heater explosions
  • 11. What is catch-and-release ice fishing?
A) Catching fish and keeping them alive in a bucket
B) Throwing bait back into the water
C) Releasing fish before catching them
D) Releasing the fish once it is caught
  • 12. What goes through an increase in stress level during catch-and-release?
A) The angler
B) The regulation officers
C) The divers
D) The fish
  • 13. What can impact a fish's metabolism during catch-and-release?
A) Swiming too fast
B) An increase in stress level
C) Cold water temperatures
D) Eating too much bait
  • 14. What factors can affect a caught fish?
A) Water depth and salinity
B) Only hook size and weight
C) Hook damage, temperature shock, air damage and exhaustion
D) Sunlight and wind speed
  • 15. What can help reduce the impact on the fish during release?
A) Limiting air exposure time and handling fish with bare hands
B) Feeding the fish before release
C) Washing the fish with soap
D) Using heavy gloves and keeping fish in the air longer
  • 16. What is the purpose of fishing regulations regarding fish populations?
A) To make fishing more expensive
B) Control angler impacts and maintain numbers and sizes of fish
C) To ban fishing completely
D) To decrease the number of fish in lakes
  • 17. What type of fishing experiences do regulations provide?
A) Catch-and-keep only
B) Commercial and industrial fishing
C) Fishing for dinner or a trophy fish
D) Night-only and deep-sea fishing
  • 18. What do regulations make as fair as possible?
A) The price of bait
B) Access to fishing
C) The weight of the fish
D) The speed of the vehicles
  • 19. What exists for certain species and water bodies in Wisconsin?
A) Unlimited daily limits
B) Free equipment rentals
C) Limited open seasons
D) Mandatory catch-and-release laws
  • 20. How many devices may anglers use in New Jersey?
A) Up to twelve devices
B) No more than five devices
C) No more than ten devices
D) Only one device
  • 21. What are the allowed devices in New Jersey a combination of?
A) Hooks and sinkers
B) Tip-ups and/or jigging rods
C) Traps and lines
D) Nets and spears
  • 22. What must all non-hand-held devices bear in New Jersey?
A) A warning label
B) A state-issued barcode
C) The name and address of the user
D) The license number only
  • 23. What must devices not be left as in New Jersey?
A) Underwater
B) Unattended
C) Unbaited
D) Unmarked
  • 24. What is required for ice fishing in Massachusetts for those aged 15 and older?
A) A boat registration
B) A vehicle permit
C) A scuba certification
D) A freshwater fishing license
  • 25. How many hooks are anglers allowed through the ice at one time in Massachusetts?
A) Up to ten hooks
B) Up to five hooks
C) Up to twenty hooks
D) Only one hook
  • 26. How is a hook defined in Massachusetts ice fishing?
A) An angling device designed to take one fish at a time
B) A net with multiple pockets
C) Any metal object in the water
D) A heavy sinker weight
  • 27. Which of the following are included in the definition of a hook in Massachusetts?
A) Spears and harpoons
B) Nets and traps
C) Only plain metal hooks
D) Plain hooks, treble hooks, spinners, spoons, bait harnesses, jigs, or plugs
  • 28. How do lures with multiple treble hooks count in Massachusetts?
A) They are illegal
B) As five hooks
C) As three hooks
D) As one hook
  • 29. Where can hooks be located in Massachusetts?
A) On any combination of tip-ups or jig sticks
B) Tied directly to hands
C) Only on jig sticks
D) Only on tip-ups
  • 30. What must all anglers be able to do regarding their hooks in Massachusetts?
A) Tend their own hooks
B) Share them with minors
C) Hide them from view
D) Leave them overnight
  • 31. What are adults allowed to assist minors with in Massachusetts?
A) Tending their tip-ups
B) Driving vehicles on the ice
C) Buying fishing licenses
D) Cutting holes or removing hooks
  • 32. What must minors be capable of doing in Massachusetts ice fishing?
A) Driving snowmobiles
B) Tending their own tip-ups or jig sticks
C) Purchasing their own bait
D) Cutting their own ice holes
  • 33. What is the recommended ice thickness to support an average person?
A) 8 inches
B) 2.5 inches
C) 4 inches
D) 14 inches
  • 34. What ice thickness is needed for light cars and large ATVs?
A) 14 inches
B) 5–6 inches
C) 4 inches
D) 7–12 inches
  • 35. What is the minimum ice thickness required for full-sized trucks?
A) 7 inches
B) 14 inches
C) 2.5 inches
D) 4 inches
  • 36. What creates a significant hazard alongside thinner ice in rivers?
A) Swift surface currents
B) Strong sunlight
C) Heavy snow cover
D) Low air pressure
  • 37. In which month and year did an incident occur on Lake Erie requiring 100 fishers to be rescued?
A) January 2005
B) March 2013
C) December 2010
D) February 2009
  • 38. What type of rescue vehicles were used in the Gulf of Riga in March 2013?
A) Snowmobiles
B) Hovercraft
C) Submarines
D) Speedboats
  • 39. What destroys the texture of ice during late-winter warm spells?
A) Heavy snowfall
B) High winds
C) Warm spells
D) Freezing rain
  • 40. What are the handles of an ice pick connected by?
A) A rubber band
B) A leather strap
C) A metal chain
D) A string
  • 41. How old is the Antrea Net?
A) Over 10,000 years old.
B) Over 1,000 years old.
C) Over 5,000 years old.
D) Over 50,000 years old.
  • 42. Which community in Canada still uses ice fishing as a way to access traditional food?
A) First Nation communities.
B) European settlers.
C) Modern tourists.
D) Arctic explorers.
  • 43. Which specific people of northern Ontario were among the first to rely on ice fishing for food?
A) The Inuit people.
B) The Ojibwe people.
C) The Dakota people.
D) The Cree people.
  • 44. Which fish is spear fishing often used for?
A) Crappie minnows
B) Fat head minnows
C) Wax worms
D) Lake sturgeon
  • 45. In what month is the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza held?
A) February
B) January
C) December
D) November
  • 46. How much charity was raised in the 2016 Brainerd Jaycees contest?
A) $252,232
B) $100,000
C) $52,232
D) $152,232
  • 47. How many local charities received donations from the 2016 Brainerd Jaycees contest?
A) 15,000
B) 20,000
C) 41
D) 15
  • 48. Where is a large ice fishing festival held every January outside of North America?
A) Hwacheon, South Korea
B) Oslo, Norway
C) Beijing, China
D) Tokyo, Japan
  • 49. Approximately how many visitors does the Hwacheon Ice Festival draw every year?
A) Nearly ten thousand
B) Nearly one hundred thousand
C) Nearly five million
D) Nearly a million
  • 50. What is the frozen Hwacheon a tributary of?
A) The Yangtze River
B) The Mekong River
C) The Han River
D) The Yellow River
  • 51. What animal is frequently caught accidentally while ice fishing in North America?
A) Snapping turtles
B) Beavers
C) Bullfrogs
D) Common mudpuppies
  • 52. What is the scientific name genus and species mentioned for common mudpuppies?
A) Necturus maculosus
B) Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
C) Notophthalmus viridescens
D) Ambystoma tigrinum
  • 53. When are mudpuppies active?
A) During the fall
B) During the summer
C) During the winter
D) Only at night
  • 54. How do mudpuppies breathe?
A) Using lungs
B) Using feathery gills
C) Through their skin
D) Using gills and lungs simultaneously
  • 55. What do mudpuppies retain from their larval stage?
A) External teeth
B) Dorsal crests
C) Feathery gills
D) A tail fin
  • 56. What do mudpuppies require in order to breathe?
A) Direct sunlight
B) Dry soil
C) Oxygen-rich air
D) Water
  • 57. Who starred in the 2016 play Nice Fish?
A) Walter Matthau
B) Jack Lemmon
C) Mark Rylance
D) Louis C.K.
  • 58. Which American rap group recorded "Introduction to Ice Fishing"?
A) Outkast
B) The Cool Kids
C) A Tribe Called Quest
D) De La Soul
  • 59. Which 2013 film directed by David O. Russell features a scene with an ice fishing story?
A) American Hustle
B) Silver Linings Playbook
C) The Fighter
D) Three Kings
  • 60. Who directed the 2013 film American Hustle?
A) David O. Russell
B) Martin Scorsese
C) Quentin Tarantino
D) Coen Brothers
  • 61. Which character tells a story about ice fishing in American Hustle?
A) Carmine Polito
B) Stoddard Thorsen
C) Richie DiMaso
D) Irving Rosenfeld
  • 62. Which actor plays Stoddard Thorsen in American Hustle?
A) Jeremy Renner
B) Louis C.K.
C) Christian Bale
D) Bradley Cooper
  • 63. What is required more of to ensure ice is thick enough due to climate change?
A) Precautions
B) Heavy machinery
C) Faster drills
D) More bait
  • 64. What can winter ice loss lead to for communities relying on ice fishing?
A) Better crop yields
B) Lower housing prices
C) Social consequences
D) Increased tourism
  • 65. What do some communities rely on ice fishing for besides income?
A) Recreation only
B) Food
C) Energy generation
D) Transportation
  • 66. In which US state have warmer winters resulted in the cancellation of fishing tournaments?
A) Michigan
B) Alaska
C) Maine
D) Minnesota
  • 67. Where are fresh food prices higher compared to southern Canada due to changing ice conditions?
A) Central Canada
B) Northern Canada
C) Western Canada
D) Eastern Canada
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