Sustained unusual warm weather has not exactly produced a bumper crop of ice fishermen this year. But Tuesday, Jan. 21, a smattering of brave souls like Don Berkey, shown here, braved questionable 2-inch-thick ice and 29-degree weather to enjoy their labor of love. Berkey set up his spot in a channel on Johnson Bay, Lake Wawasee. He has been ice fishing for 60 years and has started as early as November. “This year is a late start,” he said about his first day on the ice. He wore a flotation suit for protection against the worst-case scenario of breaking through the ice into the 8-foot-deep channel. (Photo by Ray Balogh)