Old School Member is BACK after 11 year hiatius

[esox_xtm]

Actually it's SE WI. About halfway between Madison and MKE.

Marinette/Menominee is about halfway up the state from me. Plenty of opportunities there. Green Bay to the south on the WI side and LBDN to the north. LBDN has a terrific walleye and perch fishery with some decent pike to be had and GB has really everything that swims in Lake Michigan. Not any kind of trout or salmon guy so can't help with that. I do know that there are plenty of seasonal opportunities from GB all the way south to Milwaukee (and beyond) for spawning trout and salmonids. Spectacular ice fishing for browns and bonus bows right in the harbor @ Milwaukee.

So quid pro quo Mr. Bear. What is your particular arena of scientific expertise? No reason really, just a curious guy...

[Evinrude58]

From what the op has posted so far I think I see what the problem was the first time he left and have the feeling he probably will leave for the same reason again,

[Gunflint]

I think that there is room here for all of us.

[JohnnyO19]

. Spectacular ice fishing for browns and bonus bows right in the harbor @ Milwaukee.

Saw a video on the ice fishing from some show (last year) with Milwaukee literally in the back ground. I actually think one of the guys took a taxi right to the shore, as he had a late night ;-) They caught some great fish!, I'll try to find it.

[TroutFishingBear]

Actually it's SE WI. About halfway between Madison and MKE.


So quid pro quo Mr. Bear. What is your particular arena of scientific expertise? No reason really, just a curious guy...

Sorry about that, yeah SE WI. Really am impressed with what I've heard of fisheries along that coast, you are lucky to have such a resource. If I get pm back I will talk with you about my career if you are interested, I will say it is related to environmental chemistry...people here used to argue I wasn't a scientist.... well, now I am, and have been for years....really anybody can be a scientist though and we all are to some degree. I want our resources to be here for the next generation, including my own children.

Obviously I have big time common ground with everyone here and hope we can have a better time than >11 years ago...I'm only 32, I've been a member here more than half my life!!! Also, we all enjoy our natural resources, and we are all fishing freaks...I mean, come on, we are posting on an ice fishing website!

[TroutFishingBear]

Saw a video on the ice fishing from some show (last year) with Milwaukee literally in the back ground. I actually think one of the guys took a taxi right to the shore, as he had a late night ;-) They caught some great fish!, I'll try to find it.

Urban fishing can offer surprisingly overlooked opportunities, and shouldn't be counted out!

[Iceassin]

Sorry about that, yeah SE WI. Really am impressed with what I've heard of fisheries along that coast, you are lucky to have such a resource. If I get pm back I will talk with you about my career if you are interested, I will say it is related to environmental chemistry...people here used to argue I wasn't a scientist.... well, now I am, and have been for years....really anybody can be a scientist though and we all are to some degree. I want our resources to be here for the next generation, including my own children.

Obviously I have big time common ground with everyone here and hope we can have a better time than >11 years ago...I'm only 32, I've been a member here more than half my life!!! Also, we all enjoy our natural resources, and we are all fishing freaks...I mean, come on, we are posting on an ice fishing website!

As an older fella here I don't process math quite as well as I used to...and my abacus is on the fritz. But your 32, became a member here 11 years ago, which would put you at 21. Then you say you've been a member here for half your life...which would be 16. Wait...I think I got it. C = pi*r*2, carry the 1, Johnny had 5 apples and...never mind. My head is starting to hurt. I need a nap. 

[Bucket Rump]

He's been a member since 2003, Ice.  Just hasn't been active for the past 11....

Welcome back TFB

[Iceassin]

He's been a member since 2003, Ice.  Just hasn't been active for the past 11....

Welcome back TFB

Just going by what he said BR. Sometimes stories just don't add up. 

[Gunflint]

Just going by what he said BR. Sometimes stories just don't add up. 

Seems to me that both the math skills and reading/observation skills highlighted above point to my old observation that:

"Some of us old farts have aged 12 years or more in the 11 years he’s been gone." Just sayin...

[Iceassin]

Seems to me that both the math skills and reading/observation skills highlighted above point to my old observation that:

"Some of us old farts have aged 12 years or more in the 11 years he’s been gone." Just sayin...

> than. Ok, guess I could go with that. But still...

[TroutFishingBear]

ok we got some fellow goofballs in here now, let's set up the shanty, the card table and crack some beers. Now all we have to wait for is 

[Gunflint]

ok we got some fellow goofballs in here now, let's set up the shanty, the card table and crack some beers. Now all we have to wait for is 

I recommend being kind to the fellow "goofballs" and I plead "guilty" on that account!

Your time is coming, it may still be 30 years down the road, but it is still coming....

MAYBE you will remember this then, but just maybe - its one of those things...

[TroutFishingBear]

I recommend being kind to the fellow "goofballs" and I plead "guilty" on that account!

Your time is coming, it may still be 30 years down the road, but it is still coming....

MAYBE you will remember this then, but just maybe - its one of those things...

Unfortunately I already act like a crotchety old man. I shudder to think in 30 years...

And when I see Mn, I always instantly think of Grump Old Men, the best ice fishing movie of all time! Any ice up there yet Gunflint?

[Gunflint]

Unfortunately I already act like a crotchety old man. I shudder to think in 30 years...

And when I see Mn, I always instantly think of Grump Old Men, the best ice fishing movie of all time! Any ice up there yet Gunflint?

Minnesota gives authentic meaning to the phrase "Grumpy Old Men"- all other states, including the ones with cheese, are simply wannna bees.

There just started to be fishable ice on the Gunflint Trail. But, I fish Lake Trout and the season won't open for another month so this ice is simply cosmetic.

[esox_xtm]

Minnesota gives authentic meaning to the phrase "Grumpy Old Men"- all other states, including the ones with cheese, are simply wannna bees.

There just started to be fishable ice on the Gunflint Trail. But, I fish Lake Trout and the season won't open for another month so this ice is simply cosmetic.

You just can't resist, can ya? 

[Rebelss]

Minnesota gives authentic meaning to the phrase "Grumpy Old Men"- all other states, including the ones with cheese, are simply wannna bees.

There just started to be fishable ice on the Gunflint Trail. But, I fish Lake Trout and the season won't open for another month so this ice is simply cosmetic.

Wanna "bees"?  Is this a new declining species? Like the rusty-patched bumblebee?  Enquiring minds want to know.....

One more thing buzzing 'round my head, is an "environmental scientist" a landfill garbage man? 

[Gunflint]

You just can't resist, can ya? 

I think that at least part of the reason we Minnesotans so wonderfully excel at being grumpy can be laid at the feet of our local Football team and decades of performance or lack thereof.

Another reason may be, as Rebelss has so kindly pointed out, is simply that we are more honest than anybody else including those from states with "         " (fill in the blank but it begins with "Ch").

 

[Rebelss]

We have a football team?!?!??!? Alright!!!!  When did we finally get one?!   
Whoops, better get back to the original welcome thread, wherever it was going. I have waffles to make.   

[Gunflint]

We have a football team?!?!??!? Alright!!!!  When did we finally get one?!   
Whoops, better get back to the original welcome thread, wherever it was going. I have waffles to make.   

Exactly, it is actually insurmountable for old men in a state with a Football team to truly be grumpy to the level found in Minnesota.

[SLAYERFISH]

Lol.sounds like a perfect candidate to take esox fisherman under his wing...

Bwahahaha-

[esox_xtm]

Everyday presents the opportunity for change...

[wyogator]

Yes, I remember you from the good old days.  I lived in Cheyenne at the time, just north of you.  I fished some of the northern Co lakes, so I read the Co posts.  Welcome back!

[TroutFishingBear]

Yes, I remember you from the good old days.  I lived in Cheyenne at the time, just north of you.  I fished some of the northern Co lakes, so I read the Co posts.  Welcome back!

I remember you Wyogator, good to see you again!

And slayerfish, good to see you as well, you still fish elevenmile, antero, cheeseman, etc.?

And Rebelss, no, I'm not a garbage man or landfill management. Creative thinking/razzing wins you a few points though.

[TroutFishingBear]

I think that at least part of the reason we Minnesotans so wonderfully excel at being grumpy can be laid at the feet of our local Football team and decades of performance or lack thereof.
 

I mean, you guys lost to University of Michigan this year, had to be awful to do that!!!!...btw I lived in Ann Arbor area most of the last 8 years, about 1 mi away from the stadium for some of it in fact, and take joy in Michigan defeat (sorry 'iceassin') ha!

[Icer for life]

Started from the beginning......PRICELE SS.  All I got.

[SLAYERFISH]

I remember you Wyogator, good to see you again!

And slayerfish, good to see you as well, you still fish elevenmile, antero, cheeseman, etc.?

And Rebelss, no, I'm not a garbage man or landfill management. Creative thinking/razzing wins you a few points though.

Fish more in Wyoming now. Too freekin crowded in CO.

[Rebelss]

You never did say if ya got yer hiatus fixed or not....

[esox_xtm]

I think that at least part of the reason we Minnesotans so wonderfully excel at being grumpy can be laid at the feet of our local Football team and decades of performance or lack thereof.

Agreed. Ain't been the same since Bud Grant 

Another reason may be, as Rebelss has so kindly pointed out, is simply that we are more honest than anybody else including those from states with "         " (fill in the blank but it begins with "Ch").

Oh, you wanted "honest"? I was trying to be kind...  That can change. 

 

[primepin65]

Lol.sounds like a perfect candidate to take esox fisherman under his wing...

Dear God in heaven.... don't say dirty things like that on here, speckler!