| Genres: | Sports, Unscripted, Documentary |
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Ice fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the world, and it takes place in an incredibly unpredictable work environment.
With big money at stake, Ice Vikings follows the brave men and women, around 700 in total, who form part of Lake Winnipeg's commercial ice fishing industry, worth around 25 million a year.
It's an early kick off to the winter fishing season on Lake Winnipeg as temperatures plunge and the Ice Viking fishing crews scramble to get onto the ice with their nets.
Colder temperatures and a dumping of snow marks the kick off to Bombardier season as the crews take these ice tanks onto the lake.
Chris Kristjanson receives delivery of his Dad's new lifting caboose but he is reluctant to use it; the machine should make things easier, but it winds up breaking down in the middle of the big lake.
Trouble continues with the bombardiers for both Trevor and Chris Kristjanson; at the end of the day all three generations of Kristjanson fishers work on fixing up these cold war relics to get them ready for the back half of the fishing season.
Richard and Mike have broken-down with their bombardier and can't get it started; when they do finally head onto the ice they find that the fishing has dropped off.
Trevor Kristjanson contemplates making big moves with his fishing operation and resolves to buy his own lifting caboose; he travels out onto the ice to see the one his Dad is using and get his advice on it.
