This is a photo of a major river that starts in China and works it way through Kazakhstan. I went ice fishing a few days ago with some local guys on one of the outlets from the river.

I learned a few new words, tis-bah (fish), Samsa (carp which we ate ), and I can't pronounce it but the meaning was" Get the hell away from me the ice is cracking".

It was a blast and i've officially been able to hang with the locals on the Vodka intake. These guys can seriously put it down, and they use full glasses instead of shot glasses.

Ice fishing over here is different from back in the states. They use two types of nets and no bait, and just pound out the holes for the nets with a long spike atttached to a pole. Overall there fishing techniques, are much more efficient then ours back home, but we don't eat carp either.