07-20-2005, 07:57 PM
I know it's a little warm for ice fishing, but here are my pet peeves when I go out on the ice.
1. Garbage left out on the ice such as pop cans, food containers, shucked sunflower seeds, cigarette butts, etc.
2. A 2-foot wide hole that somebody chopped out with a hatched by someone not concerned about the safety of other anglers. A little snow covering the hole can spell disaster for the unlucky one who steps in the wrong place.
3. People that get drunk and think the inhabitants of the entire lake wan't to here how funny they are by yelling as loud as they can.
4. Wind. No matter which way you turn your back, the wind will out smart you.
5. Being downwind of smokers. (I agree with the view points of others in earlier posts)
6. Seeing people all around you catch fish after fish, using the exact same lure you are using, while you pray to the "fishing gods" to avoid the "skunk".
7. Your on the lake at 7:00 AM. Your auger is still patiently waiting for you in the garage. (OK, I made that one up... but is going to happen to me someday)
8. Your trying to get on the ice at Pineview. The warm weather has melted the ice away from shore a bit. You leap confident that you will not get wet. You land halfway on the ice and halfway in the water. Your brand new outdoor radio with emergency siren spills out of the bucket and "goes off". The 300 people out on the ice that didn't see you take a spill are now all looking at you laying halfway on the ice and halfway in the water. (true story)
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1. Garbage left out on the ice such as pop cans, food containers, shucked sunflower seeds, cigarette butts, etc.
2. A 2-foot wide hole that somebody chopped out with a hatched by someone not concerned about the safety of other anglers. A little snow covering the hole can spell disaster for the unlucky one who steps in the wrong place.
3. People that get drunk and think the inhabitants of the entire lake wan't to here how funny they are by yelling as loud as they can.
4. Wind. No matter which way you turn your back, the wind will out smart you.
5. Being downwind of smokers. (I agree with the view points of others in earlier posts)
6. Seeing people all around you catch fish after fish, using the exact same lure you are using, while you pray to the "fishing gods" to avoid the "skunk".
7. Your on the lake at 7:00 AM. Your auger is still patiently waiting for you in the garage. (OK, I made that one up... but is going to happen to me someday)
8. Your trying to get on the ice at Pineview. The warm weather has melted the ice away from shore a bit. You leap confident that you will not get wet. You land halfway on the ice and halfway in the water. Your brand new outdoor radio with emergency siren spills out of the bucket and "goes off". The 300 people out on the ice that didn't see you take a spill are now all looking at you laying halfway on the ice and halfway in the water. (true story)
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