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OUTDOORS & REC 2B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2019 Photo by Tom Claycomb Using a hand auger to drill a hole in the ice. Photo courtesy of Mavis Hartz Equipping a mountain bike with fat tires running very low air pressures — typi- cally from 1 to 5 PSI — allows riders to fl oat over surfaces, such as snow and ice, that would bog down a typical bike. Fat bikes also reduce erosion. FAT TIRES need to exist on very little to maintain themselves through the winter months. Continued from Page 1B During the winter they generally move Keep warm and dry by using layers of around very little, foraging on what dimin- wicking clothing and seasonal boots and utive food can be found. If the animals are gloves. Carry extra food and a heat source forced to move frequently or hurriedly by in case you get lost or are numerous explorers over “If the rider is lucky, the out longer than planned. the span of the winter, Tell someone where you bonus of a serene, almost those fat supplies will be are going and when you used up in evasion. This glissading, feeling on the will be back. loss of stored fat results downhills can happen on in them starving to death Rule number three: Have fun. Fat biking weeks or even months the snowier days.” takes advantage of the after whatever encounter changing surface that forced them to use the ranges from frozen mud, soft fl uffy snow, energy. dirt, to packed in snow. Each day is differ- To avoid the cabin blues or going stir ent with some days requiring immense crazy, check out fat biking, the new type of amounts of effort to go short distances and cycling that is here to stay. Mount Emily others that feel like mountain biking on Recreation Area is the perfect place to test a monster truck. If the rider is lucky, the out your fat biking chops. Fat bikes can be bonus of a serene, almost glissading, feel- rented from Mountain Works Bicycles if ing on the downhills can happen on the you are curious but not yet willing to com- snowier days. If the rider is timid there mit to a brand-new bicycle. The last two are also studded tires to bring tractions to years there have been great plans to pack a whole new level. a trail in for fat biking using mechanical Rule number four: Be thoughtful. Many means, but it has not been necessary. The of our beautiful public lands are closed for trails have been ridable due to the lack of use during the winter months to discour- signifi cant snowfall and other riders and age humans from interfering with the users packing in a track when needed. wildlife. Animals built to survive heavy Help the riders of the area meet their goal winters have mostly adapted by being fat this year of keeping Red Apple and Parent in the fall and skinny in the spring. Dur- Trap rideable 95% of the time by using ing the late summer and fall the animals your winter mode of transportation, or fat eat and build up the fat reserves they bike, to keep everyone rolling. FISHING regular earthworms. You can also jig little Kast masters. Continued from Page 1B To prompt a bite and to You need to get some actual help them fi nd your jig, use ice fi shing set-ups and not scents. I use Pautzke Fireballs. your regular rods. They’re too Fish don’t feed in the winter long. as much or as aggressively as So what lures/bait do you they do in the summer so you use? Like all fi shing it varies need every trick you can get. lake to lake and hour to hour Due to the cold water, fi sh but here are some popular will be slower-moving so don’t set-ups. work your jig as fast as nor- They make some little ice mal. A lot of the fi shing is on fi shing jigs. In the old days the bottom but still, work the we’d hook on a wax worm water column to determine and drop it down and fi sh it a where the school is. If you’ve foot off the bottom. Now I use ever fi shed high mountain lakes in the summer then you’ve noticed that trout cruise the bank in search of food — they almost look like sharks on patrol. So I picture them moving around like that under the ice. To catch perch, you need to fi nd the school. The good deal about ice fi sh- ing, you don’t have to worry about your catch spoiling, just throw them in a pile of snow as you catch them. They are being drug out of cold, crystal- clear water so they should be superb eating. Have fun and be safe out there. 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