MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Is it really as bad as we hear, or are the "bad ones" so bad that it causes the media and authorities to paint us all with the same brush and come down with a big hammer? Fines, bans, constant spot-checks etc.
The "tire chirpers" are not making the media drool....its the "fast and furious" wannabees on the road or just as the guys pounding back "24's" on the ice and **censored**ing in the local residents back yard, leaving all their crap (literally in some cases) on the ice, jumping in their vehicle while juiced and then telling the NRO checking limits and licences at the ramp to "f-off and leave me alone", and then abandoning the shack at the end of the season, who are drawing the media into this. I personally think it is embarrassing that that this is going on in my community, especially by people who are (or pretending to) taking something that my family and I enjoy doing and making all of us look like a bunch of drunk idiots. Maybe the more ethical anglers who profess to be stewards of our resource should be doing more to change the seemingly prevaling culture of stupidity that is becoming more and more evident on the Red.
VERY GOOD POST FOR A MALE AGE 4
So, we're talking about you now, right??? This HAD been the been the most intelligent conversation & thread on this subject since the whole issue reared it's ugly head and has drawn all the attention that it rightfully deserves... then you come along and mouth off . Perhaps more importantly, the guy you just slammed does more for positive things for the angling community as a whole & contributes more time and effort to more charities than I can count, without making a penny, than any person around, bar none. You really haven't got a clue... do you ? Also, turn your friggin' caps lock off while you're at it... it makes you look (more?) simple .
If only it was the minority! I keep saying it over and over again! On the Red River it is a MAJORITY of winter users that create the mess and violate the laws! MAJORITY! These people are not there to fish and appreciate what that resource offers! They are there to escape whatever they are escaping from by boozing, smoking dope, taking liberties with fishing and littering laws. When they leave, another element comes around to steal or trash the shelters that are left behind.Again we're not talking about anglers even though way too many "anglers" commit violations of various laws. The carnage that occurs on the Red is caused by unscrupulous, disrespectful people who don't care about the resource. I'm angler when I'm not working and I refuse to be included in the group that does that to any water or land.Individually none of these 350 - 500 shack owners ever complains about their "neighbors" and that's because they are either scared that someone will wreck their shack or they are doing the same things as the bad guys. If I had to live my life in fear of what someone might do to my property, I wouldn't leave my property behind unattended!