Wouldja,,,,,,,,,

[dan z]

I be hard pressed to not bring to vexi, I even make sure I have an extra battery and the camera along just in case the flasher goes down. I dont use the gps to much but it has found me and told me I'm going the wrong direction on a foggy morning in the boat. As for the power auger I could prolly go with out till the ice gets 12 plus inches. trolling on ice with a handy would be tough....

technology helps everyone, thus everyone with technology helps everyone with out technology, if I see someone hand augering I will offer a few holes with the gasser

[trapperdirk]

I started in the day of the axe ,gad ,spool of line, hook and sinker . NO WAY AM I GOING BACK . I'm even taking my power auger,flasher and atv to hell with me when the time comes just incase there is ice there .

TD

[Iambjm]

Now from a different point of view, I am a 64 year old gal who loves ice fishing. Would I be out there if it were old school...no. All of the modern technology has made it easy for me to go by myself as my husband has severe health problems and can't go. I started ice fishing around 15 years ago, didn't really start using a portable until 4 years ago and stayed in my first ice "shack" 3 years ago. I hope to be still running my auger and fishing when I am 74. I just bought my first vex 4 years ago and this year upgraded to the Ice 55 and I am loving it.

[Hardyboy]

Now from a different point of view, I am a 64 year old gal who loves ice fishing. Would I be out there if it were old school...no. All of the modern technology has made it easy for me to go by myself as my husband has severe health problems and can't go. I started ice fishing around 15 years ago, didn't really start using a portable until 4 years ago and stayed in my first ice "shack" 3 years ago. I hope to be still running my auger and fishing when I am 74. I just bought my first vex 4 years ago and this year upgraded to the Ice 55 and I am loving it.

Am i the only one that thinks this is completely awesome? Now thats what im talking about. This is what true passion and love for the sport means.

[wildlifehunter]

30 years from now they will be refering to the way we do it as old school. Clear back then in 2011 they did such and such, can you imagine having to do it that way? If you never had it or new anything about it you can't miss it.

[BronzeBrother]

This question could be asked about soft water fishing also. Anybody want to go back to the 12 ft Lund with the bench seats and the 9.9 hp Johnson with the minnow pail hanging over the edge? Works good on Basswood!

Some of my best fishing memories came out of a Lund with bench seating, a minnow bucket on a rope and the metal mesh fish basket full of bull gills and slab crappies. In fact I still have the 9.9 Johnson sitting on the duck boat. To an extent we all rely on bigger and better things while fishing. It's part of who we are, we constantly strive to be better or have better. But you know what? It's still fun to bring out the old Zebco 33 and push that big button and let that bobber and hook fly.

I have the electronics on my boat but when I go to the in laws cabin and take the kids out on the pontoon with no graph, trolling motor or livewell and still have a blast catching fish by relying on what my Dad taught me and what my Grandpa taught my Dad and what I am teaching my son now. It's so much more satisfying knowing that we can and do catch fish without all the toys...

[toughguy]

..back in 2011 they didn't have laser beam augers, virtual fishing finding see through the ice goggles, hover portables, and wireless cameras in their jigs. How did they do it??

[Cyberfish]

I started in the day of the axe ,gad ,spool of line, hook and sinker . NO WAY AM I GOING BACK . I'm even taking my power auger,flasher and atv to hell with me when the time comes just incase there is ice there .

TD

Ya never know... and the vikings could win the superbowl!

[pureinsanity]

This question could be asked about soft water fishing also. Anybody want to go back to the 12 ft Lund with the bench seats and the 9.9 hp Johnson with the minnow pail hanging over the edge? Works good on Basswood!

I wish I could even UPGRADE to that. My boat consists of a chair on shore.

[varmithtr]

I'm not sure I would go back. Since I was 20 I had had a power auger (still have 20 years later), so I have been spoiled that way for a long time. I fondly remember drilling 20 holes to drop the bomb and see if I was on the right spot that I had marked from shore. Then setting 2 jig sticks 6" off the bottom and hoped the fish were there. Caught many nice fish in those days. Today, like most, I find the spot from a chip in my gps, I am glued to my vexi and drop a spoon down with a 9 ball bearing reel and graphite rod while sitting on a padded stool on a easy pulling sled pulled by an electric start snowmobile. Althogh I do enjoy that better, there have been a few times over the years when all that technology wasn't producing, that I would go to another spot, far away from where a lakmaster chip says the fish should be, drill 2 holes and put 2 jigsticks down with plain hooks or jig a bits. It has turned a few unproductive days into fresh walleye dinner.

[lungdeflator]

I still fish outa the 12 ft alumnicraft with a 9.9 johnson. I dont mind the old school ice fishing either. The only thing I do not like about it is getting through the ice. I still fish alot with the bare essentials....couple tip ups, auger, and bait. even on cold days. Get up off your A** and run around a little bit if your cold

[Surreal Deal]

I'm not all that far removed from the old days, I guess. Compared to most I am still in the dark ages (both hard water and soft). I own few luxury items, but if I didn't have them tomorrow I would still go fishing anyway.

I take a certain amount of comfort in not getting caught up in the restlessness of always trying to have the newest gadgets. That's not just in fishing either but across the board.

[Crm7290]

..back in 2011 they didn't have laser beam augers, virtual fishing finding see through the ice goggles, hover portables, and wireless cameras in their jigs. How did they do it??

I have a laser auger, just not the right kind

[toughguy]

I can't wait for my hover portable. 2030 can't come soon enough.