MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Yeah..... Exactly what this guy is saying. F*** everyone who puts a shanty in a spot and thinks it's there spot. NO IT ISN'T! If I set up in a spot and somone comes over and gives me a hard time and harrasses me I WILL call the game wardens and have them come out and explain to you that it is illegal to harrass a hunter or fisherman. And yes that meens fisherman to fisherman harrassment. Can't we all just leave one another alone, and get along?
You can watch the Joe Bruno piece here:http://www.vpt.org/topics/78/Pike
Good fish can be had in plenty of spots around the lake. I can relate to him wanting his space, as I can be the same way, but I dont agree with spreading traps so far that it essentially takes up 2 or 3 viable spots that other people could fish. Either way, I usually dont set up anywhere near his cove.
post the day and time cause i'd like to watch
"his cove". Set up near "his cove"? I guess some people don't get it. If he is there first I guess you could call it "his cove" but either way it is not. And I meen first as in first for the day, not first ever. All of a sudden I am getting this urge to go fish this pond I have never fished before and try to find said cove. Hey Jebra let me know if you want to try to find this cove.
I feel strongly about two things in this post1. I fished Glen this weekend. I do have a problem with all the fake jacks set up to "guard" a spot. If I was there first I would set up right next to those jacks and shanty's and not think twice about it. No one owns a lake and if I am the first one on the water I have the right to ANY SPOT I CHOOSE!!!!!!!2. Last year when I fished Glen from dark to dark JB/crew were the only Trucks in the parking lot when I pulled in and they were the only ones left when I pulled out. I know that crew fishes harder than probably anyone else in the state, so chances are they are gonna beat me to Glen 9/10 times. If they do then I will never set up near them. This weekend I went to the far side of the lake to a small weed bed I knew of. But if I do beat them I am gonna set in that cove and we will have a talk. I know some mutual friends and hopefully that will save me from seeing the 357.
First let me say I have not fished Glen and probably won't more than once or twice in the future. However, I agree 100% with what is said in this post if what is going on is true. I understand that crew may be hardcore, but if I get there first, Tough S&*t, you weren't hardcore enough and if someone else gets there first, I wasn't hardcore enough and won't fish even close to them. You can't mark out spots on the lake and chase people from them when you get there. You've got to earn a record fish, and that means dealing with SAME set of rules given to every other angler, not ones you make up to gain an advantage or bully other anglers away. I routinely have spots I fish and part of the game is how early am I willing to get up to ensure I get the spot I want- It's part of the game!!! Nuff said, my .02
Ill state for the record that I have never fished Glen Lake but I dont think the lake is the discussion here, its who is doing the bullying. I dont know thee guy who everyone is referring to but I know the type of person you are talking about. It makes me so angry that people think because they have a shanty in an area or becuase they fish there often that they own the spot. If I went out on the ice and there were tippups set up as fake, I would just send the game wardens over to remove them and then just fish the holes out of spite. I like to fish certain areas and and as long as people keep 30 yards im ok with that cause I understand that some spots are better than others. If I headed to my spot in the morning and someone was set up where I wanted to go, I would be bummed out but I would move on and fish another spot. This has happened and I get pissed at myself for not getting earlier or I go and chat with the guys and see if I can work something out to fish as well. I will say that if anyone ever showed up and tried to intimidate me saying I was in their spot I would set up a tiippup right in their . No one owns a lake, period! The lakes are for everyone so if you wanna fish a spot everyday or week or whatever get up and be the first there.
I get the whole hardcore thing, I really do. Glenn or Emerald WILL pump out the next record.My problem is, that the traps are 150 yards apart to begin with. He has to tend to them with a quad. I don't know how legal that is ? So between the 2 of them, They take the whole bay.Not crying, just stating fact.I have heard of punches being thrown. No one should have to pack heat to go ice fishing......... See ya there this weekend.....