Ice fishing is known by a variety of colorful regional and cultural terms across the globe, including hardwater fishing, tip-up fishing, and bobhouse angling in various northern communities. In Scandinavia and parts of Canada, it is frequently referred to by specific native terms or descriptive phrases like jigging on the ice. Regardless of the regional nomenclature, the core activity remains the traditional practice of catching fish through an artificial hole cut into the frozen surface of a lake or river.