BASS LAKE AND MAXI,S

[ED YOUNG]

Hi guy,s could someone tell me if either one of these lake are locked back up yet. AND good luck to all this year it looks like it's going to be a good one. be safe everyone.

[ED YOUNG]

Well, there is 181 viewers on this board!!!.. And  had I asked about 3 days ago---if Bass Lake was locked up???.. AND NOT 1 person could answer my question!!!.... I was NOT asking for your fishing hole/spot!!... I have read on here to where others have said, "go drive & found out"!!.. That sounds logical if in your town, but why drive an hour or two, when you can just ask... I would answer a man if he lived a far from a lake (and I lived right by it AND have drove by it--here in my town)... I maybe at fault here for thinking this was SUPPOSE to be a helpful board, BUT that is what I thought it was... MY FAULT!!!!..

[wrightap]

 Totally get what you are saying!  Fished a few decent size ponds in west central Indiana that had good solid ice but know that as a Tues the big Monon on Shafer had 1 inch on it.

[DocDuck]

You reep what you sow ED.

[high_flags]

Ed,  I saw a post a few days back Bass was still open in spots and not fish-able yet, it needs more time...

  rumor is....I heard they are fishing the channels on Maxi............. I can not confirm this

[Fishinfool85]

Im with ya ed ! I know there is some great guys on here ( ed being one of them ) but seems like alot are just off the suject if this site ! I hate to even click on some posts because when i do its some of stupudest stuff that drag on for ever !!!! But cant answer a mans question honstly! And i do appalogize for the ones that have (you know who you are ) . Like ed said didnt ask for anyones hunny whole !

[wax_worm]

Im with ya ed ! I know there is some great guys on here ( ed being one of them ) but seems like alot are just off the suject if this site ! I hate to even click on some posts because when i do its some of stupudest stuff that drag on for ever !!!! But cant answer a mans question honstly! And i do appalogize for the ones that have (you know who you are ) . Like ed said didnt ask for anyones hunny whole !

A search goes a long way to finding the answer to your questions.  It gets tiring to see the same question asked as one 3 threads below because people are too lazy to do a quick search.  There were comments about bass on here just not in response to Ed's.  Try a search before you bash people for not responding with the same answer in 10 threads.

[bret]

It was brought up last year about all the redundant posts about ice conditions for area lakes.  There is the Indiana Fishing Reports and Conditions where this info should be posted.  If everyone would use it....the info should be current.  Just a thought.

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?board=46.0

[Fishinfool85]

Sounds like a guilty conscience ... Waxworm !

[high_flags]

good point Bret   .......it gets forgotton about it.. ....or new guys don't know about it

[GIBBS]

Somebody is about to get a good tongue lashing!!!

[alvanwie]

There's been a few fishing Bass since Monday, I'm sure there will be bunchies by Friday including me.

This is the only thing about the ice conditions I have seen about Bass Lake from another thread. I also would be interested if anyone has further info about ice condition on Bass.

The only other thing I have seen was about the condition of the weeds.

[jdm]

Another issue about early ice, On certain lakes, a small section is fishable, if someone posts about, everyone in a 50 mile radius is there the next day to scratch the year long itch. 3" of ice and 60-70 people in shallow water makes for a bad day! And as of 10:36 Eastern time, there were 596 guests watching this site and only 367 members. You are not just letting ED Young know what is going on.

[ED YOUNG]

The only thing i said is if it was lockup , i can check for myself if it is fishable. and yes i look at the indiana ice condition broad before asking. it has a post date back in sept. 4 2004

[ED YOUNG]

just forget it guy's i will drive up there tomorrow and fine out for my self.

[bret]

Ed, don't forget about PM's, phone calls to buddies and calls to local bait shops.

[stephen20]

It seems to me like the only way u get decent information on here is to know everyone. Like its a Facebook group. This site is intended for info right? But u always get people being deuches when u ask a question. Then they'll have no problem running ur name in other posts...I get the guest viewer thing, why nit make the board private, and u have to be a member to view? And yes there are a bunch of the same posts, I agree there could be things done about that, but Wat do I know...                                                                                                     

[Crappie slayer 36]

Somebody is about to get a good tongue lashing!!!

lol!! Waiting for the "chimes"

[bret]

It seems to me like the only way u get decent information on here is to know everyone. Like its a Facebook group. This site is intended for info right? But u always get people being deuches when u ask a question. Then they'll have no problem running ur name in other posts...I get the guest viewer thing, why nit make the board private, and u have to be a member to view? And yes there are a bunch of the same posts, I agree there could be things done about that, but Wat do I know...                                                                                                     

The internet has changed the way we share information.  A lot of guys on IS have discovered that it is not always appropriate to share some types of info publicly.  It has ruined many specific and general fishing spots....either by mass fisherman invading the area or ruining parking spots.

What many guys do is participate on the board and develop friendships with other anglers.  Trust is built and information is shared.....and in the last few years it seems to be shared thru PM's.  I'm sorry if that doesn't seem fair but that's the way it's been lately.

[jdm]

I have replied to 4 pm's in the last 2 days.

[stephen20]

I get that. But there is no need to be rude about it like I have seen some do. Treating people like they are idiots for asking about it. I don't mind helping people out. I guess because I am willing to travel and find ice myself. If I tell people where I was fishing tonight and there was 50 people out there tomorrow, I could care less. Guess that's just me. I do get the point that if those 50 people left a mess, and I then couldn't fish there anymore I wouldn't be happy. But I would do anything I could to not let that happen, even if that meant picking someone else's stuff up...it would get rediculous happening time and time again tho.  So I get both sides of the arguement, just think the way some people handle it could change for the better. I mean we do all realize this is a public forum, and no one (that I know of) has started a private one. I think if there was private ones, you wouldn't get some of the bashing you se here a lot. Just a thought.

[High Tide]

I can tell you if your looking for information this site is LOADED with it!! More GREAT tips than you could read in a year. I wouldn't need to know one single person to find out what I need. Line, rods, jigs, shanties, safety!!! Thousands of topics... Simple search function. Now for the sense of entitlement, does anybody on this site owe you or me anything?! I don't EXPECT ice reports, I expect there are a bunch of fellas looking to talk ice fishing! If somebody wants to share their knowledge... GREAT! If not, I understand, I sure don't hold judgement against you! If I don't want to read about one man flip shacks again, I don't open the thread... Simple enough. I never give ice reports, but somehow found a ton of friends... And I don't Facebook. Everybody EXPECTS information NOW... Again FOR ME, I log in because I'm an addict, but I happen to be working, so I'll get a fix checking on the happenings. FOR YOU it can be completely different, and that's all good, but if your expecting other to do what you want them to, you may be disappointed. I can tell you from experience, the are a ton of good guys on this site, and some I wouldn't care to fish with, and some that wouldn't care to fish with me, but just about everybody loves ice fishing, so at least we all have that in common and that's a good start!

[jdm]

I can tell you if your looking for information this site is LOADED with it!! More GREAT tips than you could read in a year. I wouldn't need to know one single person to find out what I need. Line, rods, jigs, shanties, safety!!! Thousands of topics... Simple search function. Now for the sense of entitlement, does anybody on this site owe you or me anything?! I don't EXPECT ice reports, I expect there are a bunch of fellas looking to talk ice fishing! If somebody wants to share their knowledge... GREAT! If not, I understand, I sure don't hold judgement against you! If I don't want to read about one man flip shacks again, I don't open the thread... Simple enough. I never give ice reports, but somehow found a ton of friends... And I don't Facebook. Everybody EXPECTS information NOW... Again FOR ME, I log in because I'm an addict, but I happen to be working, so I'll get a fix checking on the happenings. FOR YOU it can be completely different, and that's all good, but if your expecting other to do what you want them to, you may be disappointed. I can tell you from experience, the are a ton of good guys on this site, and some I wouldn't care to fish with, and some that wouldn't care to fish with me, but just about everybody loves ice fishing, so at least we all have that in common and that's a good start!

There you go, couldn't agree more. Very wise words from an Iceshanty veteran!

[stephen20]

I don't expect anything from the site. Im sure there are a lot of great guys. But I don't see a need to bring other peoples names, into a post, that has nothing to do with them because someone didn't like their posts a month ago. I don't solely rely on ice reports to go fish, but they can be a usefully tool to save some gas. In this economy I can see why that's important to some.

[High Tide]

I don't expect anything from the site. Im sure there are a lot of great guys. But I don't see a need to bring other peoples names, into a post, that has nothing to do with them because someone didn't like their posts a month ago. I don't solely rely on ice reports to go fish, but they can be a usefully tool to save some gas. In this economy I can see why that's important to some.

Can't argue with that! Sometimes you gotta go old school and call Butch's Bait on route 10. If she's had more than 15 customers I believe it would be a safe bet they're fishing close by, especially if she's selling a ton of bass minnows! Good luck!

[stephen20]

Fair enough! Good luck out there guys!

[Bodeen]

Why not if you want to share the information on the board, you share it.  If you want to pm it, you pm it.  If you don't want to share anything, then don't share anything.  Any other comments or complaints are pointless.  Every year its the same thing.  People asking a question then two pages of arguments about wasting peoples time reading etc.

[wax_worm]

Sounds like a guilty conscience ... Waxworm !

Guilty about what?  I don't fish bass and never will....live 90 minutes from there so could care less if has ice or is wide open.  I don't ask for ice reports and I don't give ice reports.  I get all the info I need by calling, texting or PMing people I know and trust, or checking for myself.  People need to check conditions for themselves.  What is safe for me may not be safe for you.  This sport can kill you if you take advice from someone who doesn't know what they are doing and let your guard down.  Maybe a call to the local bait shops or marina (if there is one) would be a better option for conditions.  There are posters on this site that claim they catch 13" gills one right after another.  That same poster said a channel had 3 inches and 2 hours later had 1".  If that guy tells you bass has ice are you going to believe him and drive 2 hours?  Most guys don't post crazy posts, but when you don't know who you are getting info from, how do you know it is even remotely accurate? 

[muskyjoe]

Guilty about what?  I don't fish bass and never will....live 90 minutes from there so could care less if has ice or is wide open.  I don't ask for ice reports and I don't give ice reports.  I get all the info I need by calling, texting or PMing people I know and trust, or checking for myself.  People need to check conditions for themselves.  What is safe for me may not be safe for you.  This sport can kill you if you take advice from someone who doesn't know what they are doing and let your guard down.  Maybe a call to the local bait shops or marina (if there is one) would be a better option for conditions.  There are posters on this site that claim they catch 13" gills one right after another.  That same poster said a channel had 3 inches and 2 hours later had 1".  If that guy tells you bass has ice are you going to believe him and drive 2 hours?  Most guys don't post crazy posts, but when you don't know who you are getting info from, how do you know it is even remotely accurate? 

Well said. This sport will kill you if info is wrong.

[Jig_Head]

just forget it guy's i will drive up there tomorrow and fine out for my self.

Being that u still havent gotten an answer i think its safe to say theres good ice and no one wants to tell