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Anyone get out on the Bay yesterday and today? Heard a 22lbs Laker was caught yesterday
You want to use a lot of caution this weekend. The ice is not in good shape and we're heading for quit the warm up. If you're a first timer on Chaumont Bay, you would be wise to stop at the Chaumont hardware store and talk to Greg. Very valuable info. And he has bait! Be safe.
plowman have you been up on chaumont past couple days or today??just wondering
Hey everyone just wondering how the ice is holding up with this weather, I keep checking the chaumont hardware store hoping to get out. I have never stepped foot out there and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I really want to ice one of those pig walleye I always see pictures of. Pm me with any advice would be appreciated.
Due to people being idiots the parking at the red camp on pt salubrious(Hardware store spot) has been shut down. Greg also said that the state ramp is unsafe for machines at this point the eater level has come up and all the shore ice is floating
I just don't get why people have to ruin a good thing. You see this everywhere.
Listen up, Gents, I'm only gonna say this once.The owner of the blue house over on Three Mile Point that has been allowing fishermen access to the ice is mad, and rightfully so.Apparently, a bunch of you think that because "rumor" has it access is allowed means you don't have to ask permission when you get there.WRONG.I fished over there yesterday (I know the man personally and have access there without having to ask each year) and watched wheelers coming up and down his ramp, vehicles rutting up his yard/roadside, standing on his deck looking out on the bay, etc., etc. Saw a vehicle parking halfway down his ramp, not to unload, but to park there while they went fishing.Saw a bunch of guys that I didn't recognize over there.Let me state this as plainly as possible-YOU ASK PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE ICE THERE OR DON'T BOTHER COMING UP HERE. PERIOD.So far this year, I've watched as shorefront property owners have had to literally guard their property at 0500 in the morning to prevent YOU PEOPLE from just parking and accessing, just because you "want to". I've seen yards rutted to he@@ and back, because theres no frost in the ground, but YOU PEOPLE park anyway, unconcerned with damage you might cause.I've seen this at a dozen great access spots over the years, and watched those places made off limits for parking /accessing the ice.You know who you are.Keep this crap up, and this access spot is gonna go bye bye as well.Personally, I could care less if these landowners restrict access, I've known them for years, have offered to help with rut filling/clean up in the spring and will ALWAYS have access via their properties.You people who don't ask/don't care don't have that option.Remember that nice limited space parking area that used to be over on Point Salubriuous that isn't there anymore? It's because people parked outside the signs and figured they could do what they want.You guys have been warned, landowners are NOT gonna tolerate this level on inconsideration.
yep it really sucked, had a weekend planned for up there, drove up and no parking, ruined my whole weekend. thanks alot internet idiots...
Everything has changed since we got the internet and sights like ice shanty and facebook. Its so easy now to get on a sight like this and get the latest info on where the best fishing is etc. Before the internet you actually had to figure things out by yourself. Now all that info is right at your fingertips. We are our own worse enemy.