Ice Manners

[Gissert]

There was a rather lengthly thread on this subject a couple of months ago. After what happend this evening, I thought I'd bring it up again.

I was fishing on a Battle Lake area lake that was shelterd from the winds we had yesterday. I got out onto six inches of ice, and was set up by 3pm.

Just as the sun was dipping behind the trees at 5pm, two fellers walked out and started spudding holes right next to me. The few fish I was beginning to mark disappeared.

They were not content to just spud holes. They tromped back and forth to shore, funbling with tip ups and poles. Next they had a long struggle with their lighting. All the while they were talking loudly and banging stuff on the ice.

ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do people insist on doing stuff like this right at prime time?

I packed up my gear and left, saying nothing. I think they knew we were pretty cheesed off.

Having vented,I should mention it was GREAT to be out on the ice again.

[WallEYES]

GISSERT
It happens all the time, just like in Canada on LOW out in the middle of no where. I bring my six shooter potato gun with me like the American express card....never leave home without it! Yes it was good to get out again for a short time

[hunt4food]

Maybe a guy should start bringing along an extra portable to use as a decoy! Just set it up and maybe throw your keepers out in front of it as you fish a hundred yards away?
I hate to think about explaining to my wife why I bring two shacks with me. She already thinks I am crazy with the gear I haul out there!

[Guest]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! :>(......Makes my Norwegian blood boil, it does! To people who read this.....If you want to fish walleyes at sundown, get there early and get set up. Don't ruin the fishing for those already there. Sometimes the bite window is only 1/2 hour. Think twice. If you choose to ignore this, maybe the people you disrupt won't be as nice as the Gissert......T

[Scenic]

I agree. Nothing worse then someone banging around. Especially on thing ice when these fish are so spooky to begin with. Give each other some room and respect out there. There is lots of lake to use.

[Guest]

Yup, that will do it! GRRRRRRR!

If I move into a area at dusk and there are folks there already I will work the leftover holes and move on. I love areas like Devils Lake where the perch hunters drill 4000 holes over a flat and leave. Uf-Da...man can you cover ground then at dusk!

In fact I often drill large numbers of holes early and then split. Then return latter on to avoid all the fuss at dusk. If somebody jumps some of my holes heck they still can't fish them all Eh!

Early clear ice them eye's get kinda spooky, yup-yup.

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[the big dipper]

An old fishing buddy Jim Allen "DA Walleye King" Got ticked off after one such incident - The next day he took a can of paint and a brush and painted on the shoreward side of his house "THIN ICE - NO FISH" in 12" letters.