I just dont get it

[ZachD]

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Lucky he was a nice guy. If anyone drilled a fishing hole on any road I plowed, it'd be July before he cleared out all the snow that I plowed around him!

So now if I have had that spot marked on my gps I can not fish it because you plowed it, So potentially you are taking away a lot of sq footage of fishable area because you wanted to play mr plow man? Get real

[Ryan_V]

Real mature great outdoors. You obviously own the ice. I'd love it if you did that to me, a video with my phone, and a quick call to the local c.o., and I'd wait! Take half a day of vacation to testify against you and done!

[Moe Szyslak]

Affix dry erase board to side of house with a calendar laid out on it. Title the calendar (2015 ice fishing #'s). Fill the calendar with zeros and keep it up to date.

[CaptainMusky]

Affix dry erase board to side of house with a calendar laid out on it. Title the calendar (2015 ice fishing #'s). Fill the calendar with zeros and keep it up to date.

Best post yet...

[Hawg]

This post always brings out the chronic arguers. Many with portables are great people and very good fisherman, that's why they go portable. Problem is too many got their auger and portable house for Christmas and don't know any better. They think fish only live and tread water directly beneath the permanent houses. This one always brings out the keyboard cowboys, as you can see.

[Finns]

What, for making a spot PRIVATE on PUBLIC waters, when people are not there.. Jeeesh, What a bunch of spoiled babies.

Sound like the guy I told to take a hike. I drilled on the plowed road to his shack. It was on structure.

WAS that 20'x 150' his PRIVATE part of the lake too?

[leechlake]

This post always brings out the chronic arguers. Many with portables are great people and very good fisherman, that's why they go portable. Problem is too many got their auger and portable house for Christmas and don't know any better. They think fish only live and tread water directly beneath the permanent houses. This one always brings out the keyboard cowboys, as you can see.

agree. My first thoughts on this is why are people so rude to fish so close. Then I think of my 16 year old son who just got his license and goes out fishing with his buddys. I'd guess no matter what I've taught him who knows what his buddies and him do out on the ice just from lack of experience and knowledge. I'm guessing he isn't going to do one of the extreme things I've read but he may do some of the marginal ones. With that in mind I guess I'd choose my battles on the ice but if it's over the line a friendly chat isn't a bad thing.

[live4chrome]

If you drill a hole in the middle of a plowed road you are a complete jack wagon. Do you have any idea how hard someone like tgo or a resort owner works to keep them open and in flooded.?

[JayDeHay]

I'm guessing he isn't going to do one of the extreme things I've read but he may do some of the marginal ones. With that in mind I guess I'd choose my battles on the ice but if it's over the line a friendly chat isn't a bad thing.

The problem IMO is some fish-heads have a hard time keeping it friendly. This Saturday I had the family out fishing a small lake. When I pulled out on the ice, there were 3 groups: 1 South, 1 West, 1 North, so I went East. First time on the lake, so I used GPS to rough in a location. Drilled about 20 holes before I found promising structure, and an hour later we had pulled a couple small Pike out. About this time, the guy that had been South decided he wanted some of the action. Got so close to the minivan (yes, I said minivan. More on that later) I wouldn't have been able to open the tailgate. I asked him to back his truck up for safety, and he obliged. Moved 2 car lengths back and all was well. He could have easily gotten all upset about my request as though I were claiming all the ice within my reach.

Now about the van, that's the only way I have to get the family out fishing. On nice days like this weekend, I park broadside to the wind and leave a door open so the kids can jump in and out as they like. On cold days, we put out some tip-ups and fold down the seats and watch movies while keeping an eye on the flags. Plenty of room for the kids to move around and not get bored, and maybe we get some fish for dinner.

I'm hopeful that in the near future I'll have a place to store a permanent fish house, but even then I don't ever plan on leaving it out unattended. Between the risk of losing it to the ice or a thief, it's worth the hassle of taking it home with me every time. Plus, I won't feel like a "pompous stake-holder of all that is sacred beneath thine shelter"

[JayDeHay]

If you drill a hole in the middle of a plowed road you are a complete jack wagon. Do you have any idea how hard someone like tgo or a resort owner works to keep them open and in flooded.?

To that note, how hard do people work to find fishing spots that may happen to lie under that road? Who says one is more important than the other? Wouldn't it behoove the plower to check a GPS to try and not plow over potentially good fishing spots? I understand they can't catch them all, but a little fore-thought could go a long way.

[Hester]

Now thats funny, because plowing a strait road is inconsiderate. They should look at gps and curve in and out to avoid any possibly good structure?

Please, give us more of your ideas on life.

[Great Outdoors]

Real mature great outdoors. You obviously own the ice. I'd love it if you did that to me, a video with my phone, and a quick call to the local c.o., and I'd wait! Take half a day of vacation to testify against you and done!

1. Feel free to call a C.O. complaining about something YOU DON'T OWN, and tell him you felt it was your right to drill in the middle of a plowed road that YOU DON'T OWN, and screw it up for others.

2. You better hope the trial (if there ever was one) was six months later, about the same time it'd take to dig yourself out.

3. Those roads that many use on the lake are put there at OUR EXPENSE,and do it so people can get around. It's people like you that will screw up the generosity of others. Let's see how much you snivel coming to a landing that has no plowed roads because of jerks like yourself!!

Have a nice day!

[JayDeHay]

Now thats funny, because plowing a strait road is inconsiderate. They should look at gps and curve in and out to avoid any possibly good structure?

Please, give us more of your ideas on life.

I've yet to see a "straight" road on a lake. They bend and weave all the time, why can't there be some method to the madness? Wouldn't common sense itself dictate that a resort owner or guide would only be shooting himself in the foot by plowing over a spot that could produce fish?

[Hawg]

These Keyboard Cowboys have that no friends in Computerworld probably have even less in the real world. Let it go.

[holmsvc]

So you want an exclusive zone around your house, even when you aren't there? How big would this zone be? 20 feet not enough? What do you want? 50 feet, 100 meters? Maybe ice fishing isn't the sport for you. Don't want anyone to fish by you while you are drinking and playing cards? Park the house in a field.

In ND it's 50ft and I still think that is ridiculous. If you can't find fish in more than one spot on a lake you aren't a very good fisherman. If you are setting up on top of someone because you think they are catching fish you are pretty pathetic in my book. I know there are cases where people set their house in a community spot that is loaded with people every year. In that case you have to expect people to be setting up close.

Also in years with heavy snow you can cause a lot of damage to house by drilling close and having water come up and flood the ice.

We like to run tip-ups when we are in the house and it's really annoying when people are right on top of you to try to do this. I've had morons run over my tip-up that was less than 50ft from the house with my truck parked right next to it.

I'm pretty sure most of you are that complaining don't own a perm and that is why you are whining.

[CaptainMusky]

1. Feel free to call a C.O. complaining about something YOU DON'T OWN, and tell him you felt it was your right to drill in the middle of a plowed road that YOU DON'T OWN, and screw it up for others.

2. You better hope the trial (if there ever was one) was six months later, about the same time it'd take to dig yourself out.

3. Those roads that many use on the lake are put there at OUR EXPENSE,and do it so people can get around. It's people like you that will screw up the generosity of others. Let's see how much you snivel coming to a landing that has no plowed roads because of jerks like yourself!!

Have a nice day!

If you want to plow roads on the lake, that is on you, not me. Don't expect an atta boy or a high 5 from me. I don't ask for anyone to plow a road and don't use them either. YOU are on a public lake so YOUR road is no more yours than anyone else.

About drilling in the road, I agree, that is not a good practice. I wouldn't do it either. A few years ago a guy was drilling holes every 20 feet on some guys road on an area lake (assuming to check ice thickness). By the end of the day the weight of the snow flooded that road.

I don't like fishing around other people. I usually find spots all to myself or as close to it as possible, but if someone comes near me I just chat with them and go on with my life.

Talked to a guy Saturday, real nice guy. I had just gotten setup and he drives right over with his wheel house. I was the only person on the spot and he drives right up. We chatted a while and then he went on and found a different spot to fish.

[BLACKJACK]

The guys that set up their houses 10 feet away are the same ones that set up their deer stands on property lines with the intention of shooting across the line and the same ones that tailgate you at at 20 feet while you're going 65mph, its all about me, me, me, screw you.

[walleye29us]

Years ago almost everyone that posted here was SO nice. Now alot are not! Just like fishing courtesy and common sense. Really sad.

[leechlake]

Years ago almost everyone that posted here was SO nice. Now alot are not! Just like fishing courtesy and common sense. Really sad.

agreed, most people won't say things to strangers that they'd say to their spouse. Now that we kind of "know" each other the blather and anger comes out freely. I guess Rodney King was right...

[McGurk]

... to have been watched catching fish by others with binoculars then in short order I have people standing on top of me.

We call that the "Iowa Depthfinder."

[redrider]

For those of you that think it'd be cool or funny or YOUR right to drill in the middle of someone's plowed road I'd like to see you go to red lake or lake of the woods and try that . I'd bet money it'll be the last time you did it!!

[Ryan_V]

Very well said captain, thanks, you saved me time. I never said I owned the road, however, NEITHER DOES HE. just because you plow a road, that means nothing. To be clear, I wouldn't drill on a RESORT plowed road, or any road, as long as it was not directly over my spot. The action he described is criminal, that's all I was getting at

[Thorney]

I'm not usually engaged in this kind of string, but I have a strong opinion on this. Let me first state that I own lakeshore property adjacent to a public access. I plow and maintain a lake road from that public access (I could easily plow to my property only). My opinion on this whole argument is that it is a public lake, not mine. Anyone wants to drill a hole, or park a permie on the road I plow, go for it, have fun! The lake is not mine. If I need to re-route the road, thats on me. Its not my lake. And its not your lake either. If someone can only find fish by following others, good for them, have fun! I bet most of the gripers here dont do anything to help others out.

[Great Outdoors]

If you want to plow roads on the lake, that is on you, not me. Don't expect an atta boy or a high 5 from me. I don't ask for anyone to plow a road and don't use them either. YOU are on a public lake so YOUR road is no more yours than anyone else.

Read the post again, I don't plow MY ROADS, I plow them FOR OTHERS to use so they spread out.

Not looking for an atta boy from you or anyone else.

Just because you don't appreciate a plowed road doesn't mean others have the same attitude.

[Great Outdoors]

Very well said captain, thanks, you saved me time. I never said I owned the road, however, NEITHER DOES HE. just because you plow a road, that means nothing. To be clear, I wouldn't drill on a RESORT plowed road, or any road, as long as it was not directly over my spot. The action he described is criminal, that's all I was getting at

And the criminality of plowing around a person that doesn't care about others is what, may I ask????