After his 2 year old son got cold and had enough ice fishing for the day, Matthew Hunt, middle, joined his friends gigging in a hole they made with their ice augers on Halls Pond in Paris Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2019 as they wait for a flag to pop up on traps they set all around the lake. At left is Nick Parent, of Biddeford, Maine and Tony Sargent, right, of Turner, Maine.

After his 2 year old son got cold and had enough ice fishing for the day, Matthew Hunt, joined his friends gigging in a hole they made with their ice augers on Halls Pond in Paris Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2019 as they wait for a flag to pop up on traps they set all around the lake. Marshall is reflected in the water as lines of Nick Parent, of Biddeford, Maine and Tony Sargent, right, of Turner, Maine join his.

Isaiah Hunt, 2, of Norway, Maine wants to have a turn as his father Matthew Hunt augers through the 4 inches of ice on Halls Pond in Paris Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2019 as his mother Chelsea Marshall keeps him from falling. While the small pond is safe, most lakes and ponds in the Northeast have yet to freeze over and are dangerous to walk out on.

Ice fishing on Halls Pond in Paris.

Ice fishing on Halls Pond in Paris.

After his 2 year old son got cold and had enough ice fishing for the day, Matthew Hunt, middle, joined his friends gigging in a hole they made with their ice augers on Halls Pond in Paris Sunday afternoon, December 8, 2019 as they wait for a flag to pop up on traps they set all around the lake. At left is Nick Parent, of Biddeford, Maine and Tony Sargent, right, of Turner, Maine.