Biggest problems out on the ice??

[mhjohns]

It seems like every year some kid gets the idea because they see a couple of inches of ice on the lake they should go joy riding with their friends in the car. They normally make it about 30 feet at which time the car falls through. Then the tow truck drags the car back to the shore taking out the rest of the ice. This messes up the access for weeks and makes it really uneven the rest of the winter depending how it refreezes.

[Snake River King]

1). People that come and fish to close to me.

2). Falling threw the Ice when walking and its to thin! "that sucks"

3). Number 2

4). When you accidently drop a full bottle of Schnapps down the fish hole.

[livintofish]

You guys covered a lot of them....

*Trash

*Wind

*People crowding your spot

*forgeting things

*But my worst one is when your buddy kicks your lantern (and only light source that night) into the hole, during the peak of the night bite....he then laughs and says "watch it go down on the Vexilar".....at this point I'm only wishing that he would fit down the hole as well .....the lantern was eventually recovered after much jigging for it.

[mojocatt]

Running out of beer.

[Snake River King]

Ok listen to this guys. It was about 3 years ago and me and my brother and a friend were ice fishing and we were not catching eny thing so we got out of the house for a second to check the tipups and when my brother went back to the house he look and his pole was gone a fish must have taken it, So we laughed and crept on fishing well then all of a sudden my buddy gets a about a 17 inch northern on his line, well when he brought him up we noticed some line and a hook in its mouth so we pulled and the line and it was attached to by brother pole that fell down the hole so we go his pole back. ant that crazy

[McGurk]

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Running out of beer.

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Or having frozen "beverages."

[Coach1310]

1. Wind

2. Trash

3. Being crowded

[aczr2k]

Snake river king... We had that happen last year as well, my buddy stepped outside, the other two of us weren't really paying attention, he comes back in rod ($100 combo) was gone. Half hour later my other buddy has something wierd going on with his bobber, pulls it up with a bunch of line and a little dink walleye with a rod attached. Nearest we could tell the wally had pulled the rod in, when the rod hit bottom he couldn't swim with it and eventually got hung up in the other line. Best fish he caught all day, and it redeemed us for not paying attention, and of course we had a celebratory round of Dr. McG's shots.

[zamboni]

I hate the snowmobilers (theres usually 100 of 'em at a time) running full bore across the lake. Theres hundreds of miles of trails in this state, find it- I am both trying to catch fish (can't say those sleds don't bother them a little) and secondly trying to get a little peace and quiet. PS- these aren't ice fisherman snowmobilers, there just the joy riding kind

[jumboperch]

When people drive too fast on the ice. In the back of my mind I kind of hope they go through the ice but then I really dont want anyone to get hurt. So I just cuss at them under my breath and hope everyone will slow down on the ice for everyones sake.

[mvanotterloo]

Relatively new to ice fishing so I had a hand auger and was drilling a few holes going after perch and crappie...on my third hole I was cranking so hard that I snapped the bolt in half and was a 1/2 of second to late in trying to grab the auguer before it sank down to the bottom! 20 feet is a little to far to worry about it...

[icegrogg]

I walk to my spot just befor primetime,drill my holes just to find out that I need an extension which I left at home.The sun is setting,the wind is out of the NW blowing the freshly fallen snow which makes the ice seem to move as if alive there are people driving around trying to get to their spot.I finly get my hole chiped out drop my jig down just as the sun sets.All of a sudden I realize I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS...

[hanson]

Biggest problem usually involves my transportation onto and off of the ice, and what happens when I'm out there.

Snowmobile, 4 wheeler, or truck... I don't care but when you are on the ice, something bad WILL go wrong. And it is never on a nice day either, usually at night too!

8 miles out on Upper Red, 45 minutes from shore on Lake of the Woods, middle of Mille Lacs, these are places where ice fishing can go from fun to not so fun in a hurry.

Its all about being prepared and expecting the unexpected.

[crappieflop30]

last summer, i put new blades on my hand auger. at first ice, i was on the lake ready to catch some fish. there wasn't even any snow on the ice, it was glare ice. well after getting out to the spot after battling the wind and ice, i finally thought i was ready. nope. i put the blades on backwards so all i did was spin in circles on the ice. luckily there was a guy with a gas auger who helped me out(after a few minutes of watching me try to drill the hole and spinning around in circles)

[Blainebob]

Biggest problem? NOT A LONG ENOUGH ICE SEASON!!!!!

[Zdaddy76]

People who [PoorWordUsage] in their fish holes. Nasty stuff seen it a few times.

---Zdaddy

[Ebiz]

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last summer, i put new blades on my hand auger. at first ice, i was on the lake ready to catch some fish. there wasn't even any snow on the ice, it was glare ice. well after getting out to the spot after battling the wind and ice, i finally thought i was ready. nope. i put the blades on backwards so all i did was spin in circles on the ice. luckily there was a guy with a gas auger who helped me out(after a few minutes of watching me try to drill the hole and spinning around in circles)

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I did that last year too .Glad to know I'm not the only one, can't believe it took me as long as it did for me to figure it out. I was swearing at the (Contact Us Please) auger for 15 minutes before it dawned on me. I was about to go back to Capra's and tell them they sold me defective blades.

[gopher_nation]

going out to the middle of mille lacs in my car with hardly any snow on the lake, staying in the sleeper, getting 8" of blowing snow overnight, shoveling a path to a road to get it off in the morning.

[I_Got_One]

The guy on the snowmobile that almost hit the tip-up the first time he went thru. Then comes back on the same track and runs right over the top it and then complains to me because something broke in his sled when he was well over a half mile off of the trail.

[JustinG]

1. Stupid People who are RUDE!!!!

2. Getting the truck stuck in deep slush or a snow drift!!

3. Truck breaking down in the middle of nowhere and having to walk many miles to get help!

4. MOSTLY RUDE PEOPLE WHO SET UP RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!

Justin

[federline]

Once I'm on top of fish wettin' a line, or just at the perm for the weekend, there ain't a heckuva lot that comes up that I call "a problem". I can deal with #2, forgotten equipment (for the most part), mechanical breakdowns, wind, cold, even getting wet or picking up trash.

But what really sends my day down the tubes, tho, is other people's dogs stealing my fish!!!

[FLaker]

I really hate to be the only one to ask this, but I am dying to know. How does everyone deal with #2?

[hanson]

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I really hate to be the only one to ask this, but I am dying to know. How does everyone deal with #2?

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On shore before you get to the lake!

[Eric Wettschreck]

The garbage bag in a pail thing seems to work.

[federline]

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The garbage bag in a pail thing seems to work.

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Yah, its awkward, but works. Cabelas sells a sealable toilet seat that snaps onto a 5 gallon pail, for more "support". I've also read that peat moss or sawdust placed in the bottom, and then thrown evenly on top of each successive "usage" will keep the aroma down, too. One more use for the portable fish house while at the permanent - instant outhouse!