Jimmy Benge is excited to celebrate his thirteenth birthday with an ice
fishing adventure in northern Minnesota. He's even allowed to invite his
best friend, Ryan, to spend winter break at the family's lakeside home.
The two boys learn a lot about ice fishing and catch a few panfish but
decide to fish for something bigger: Northern pike, the alpha predators
of the lake. The trip is fun until one day, while out fishing by
themselves, the boys are hit by a sudden, unexpected snowstorm and find
themselves fishing on thin ice.