I would think it would be a learning experience more than cheating. And you haven't set it up yet.

Ice fishing?

[Well, if fishing was usually by some patch of water, then he can only assume ice fishing is the same thing, except as ice as your "solid" ground. But considering if you have to cut through the ice to get to the fish...]

Wouldn't that be dangerous? What if the ice breaks while you're on it?

[Not all ice was solid, after all.]