SKUNKS ON THE ICE?!?

[pastaboy]

Got out Friday night with another IS member for a night time crappie hunt. Only 4 other guys out and they called it quits at about 10:00pm.
After midnight it got eerily quiet and seemed darker than normal. We were concentrating on fishing and did not notice but a fog moved in rather quick and we could not see shore! Little unnerving at first, decided to pack up and head where we thought we should go and got lucky and followed shore back. Just before we had packed up to leave the "scent" of night time critters was very close but with the fog we could not see the culprit and we ran across the heavy scent more than once on the way back. I Can't really say if there was just the one following us or if there was more than one. There seem to be a lot out, mating season? Have any of you guys run across our "perfumed" rascals while out night time fishing?

[jdgambler]

no but I have come across coyotes in the morning quite often on bigger lakes

[IM-POUNDING- R -U]

It was probably just a Bigfoot, And if you was the dinner We  wouldn't be reading this post.

[Pole-ish]

The only "skunk" I ran into at night was this weekend on LBDN ( first timer, went alone).  Not one bite only a couple of lookers

[FilletofSoul]

Ive been known to enjoy skunk bud on the ice

[3300]

probably looking for free hand outs of skunk fish thrown top side to feed the critters.

Ive been known to enjoy skunk bud on the ice

i know some one who grows that skunk

[Dean84]

Havent ever seen a skunk on the ice before myself, but have smelled plenty of skunk being burned while out fishing on the river.  I have seen deer and coyotes both using it as a highway.

[chi92]

Was told by an old timer once that if you smell skunk it was because something got sprayed. Skunks by themselves don't "smell". I had that smell come wafting in my bedroom window one evening and when I went out to check on it, there was a cat sitting under my window. Scared it off and the smell went away a few minutes later.

[pastaboy]

Was told by an old timer once that if you smell skunk it was because something got sprayed. Skunks by themselves don't "smell". I had that smell come wafting in my bedroom window one evening and when I went out to check on it, there was a cat sitting under my window. Scared it off and the smell went away a few minutes later.

This makes sense. I never saw "what" the smell was coming from in the fog but it did seem to follow us. I was not looking forward to a tomato bath....