ice fish

verb

variants or less commonly ice-fish

ˈīs-ˌfish 

ice fished also ice-fished; ice fishing also ice-fishing; ice fishes also ice-fishes

transitive + intransitive

: to fish through a hole that is cut in the ice on the surface of a lake, pond, etc. : to engage in ice fishing

… ice fished for 2.5 hours and caught three rainbows …

—The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah)

… many people walked out from shore to ice fish, pulling their gear in a sled.

—Ellwood Shreve

If I had only one species to choose to ice-fish, it would have to be yellow perch.

—Don Lamont

Most areas on the lake have 3 to 4 inches of solid ice and, from reports I am hearing, there are plenty of people (50-plus) ice fishing the lake …

—John Frech, quoted in The Rochester (New York) Democrat and Chronicle

ice fisher noun

plural ice fishers

ice fisherman noun

plural ice fishermen

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above