Author Topic: You might be an icefisherman if.... (Read 10954 times)

PCB · « **on:** Mar 18, 2007, 08:06 PM »

... Four inches is plenty

... teeth marks in your 6 inch chub sounds like a good time

... getting "flagged" doesnt mean your done being served

add your own

fshnfool · « **Reply #1 on:** Mar 18, 2007, 08:26 PM »

you drive 4 1/2 hours in a white out to set up traps and fish for 5 hours without even a windflag, just to pack up, get soaked loading all your gear and drive back home, which only takes three hours because the weather has turned to rain instead of snow......and can't wait to go back and try again.....that was yesterday....

percheyes42 · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 18, 2007, 11:35 PM »

If you jump out of bed and grab your gear just to realize it's JULY!!!!!

Mainedog · « **Reply #3 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 12:03 AM »

You keep checking this site all summer long!

flyingknee · « **Reply #4 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 12:35 AM »

you might be an icefisherman if....you keep a ziploc bag full of waxworms in your underwear next to your jewels so they are nice and lively when you put em on the hook

PGKris · « **Reply #5 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 12:49 AM »

.....your fridge is starting to look like the tackle shop's bait cooler.

.....you like it when your rod is down, not up

.....your truck smells like burbot and you can't make it go away

bowhuntken · « **Reply #6 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 12:58 AM »

you get depressed when it starts getting warm outside

you sit in your shanty when its summer

Big Burk · « **Reply #7 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:09 AM »

your shanty is your summer home instead of using a tent or cabin

your freezer has more bait than food
you go to the store for milk and come home with new tackle

ChenBassHead · « **Reply #8 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 09:06 AM »

...You think about ice fishing whenever you pass a mailbox with a flag up (I know I do!)...
...Even during the summer, you have your flasher and jigging rods in the boat, jigging over the side...

...You've ever walked out onto a tree and punched a hole through 1 1/2 inches of ice, just because you couldn't wait for ice any longer...

Wait, who would do something like that...?

-Zach

snelly · « **Reply #9 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 09:09 AM »

the fish in your wife's aquarium. remind you of live bait and you wonder what you could catch on that big gold fish if it were on the end of your tipup

MikeVT · « **Reply #10 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 09:31 AM »

You never put your gear away, just in case of a cold spell.

mcboats81 · « **Reply #11 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 10:24 AM »

you set the vex up in the fish tank just to see how it really works

lotwfisher · « **Reply #12 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 10:32 AM »

you fish in the kids aquarium in the summer so u can still use the smaller rods and check out the visibilty of the new line.....then get mad cause the fish arent biting....

Desperado · « **Reply #13 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 11:21 AM »

You have an expensive pair of neoprene waders that only get used during the month of March
(and occasionally early April in years that spring is late/cold or into early April following a winter that produced thicker than normal ice)

vermonner · « **Reply #14 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 12:35 PM »

You consider buying a dirt-bit just so you can use your auger in July

fish_finder · « **Reply #15 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:01 PM »

You love colds snaps in the fall that make the lake freeze early(if the ducks have left)
January thaw is a nightmare not a blessing
Your second home is made of cheap lumber and smells like fish
You spend more on bait and tackle then groceries

Desperado · « **Reply #16 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:03 PM »

Quote from: Mainedog on Mar 19, 2007, 12:03 AM

You keep checking this site all summer long!

What other site(s) are there?
and . . . what else would I be able to do all summer long? (since there's no ice on the lakes)

irishjigger · « **Reply #17 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:12 PM »

....your bait fridge has more in it than the family fridge !

swampbuckster · « **Reply #18 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:29 PM »

You have a better stereo sound system in your iceshanty then in your own home!

dooberhoopa · « **Reply #19 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:30 PM »

everyone you know is sick of hearing what you saw, heard, found on iceshanty this morning

PigShanks · « **Reply #20 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:39 PM »

You can pee out your winter suit, sweat pants and longjohns in -40 degree weather without getting any article of clothing or your fingers wet.

littleoldlady · « **Reply #21 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:45 PM »

....if you move farther north after you retire just to have a longer ice fishing season!!! And we're going out again this afternoon!!

PigShanks · « **Reply #22 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:47 PM »

Quote from: littleoldlady on Mar 19, 2007, 01:45 PM

....if you move farther north after you retire just to have a longer ice fishing season!!! And we're going out again this afternoon!!

It's row, row, row the boat down here LOL. Good luck!!!

Desperado · « **Reply #23 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:53 PM »

Quote from: swampbuckster on Mar 19, 2007, 01:29 PM

You have a better stereo sound system in your iceshanty then in your own home!

AND you can justify it because you spend more time in your iceshanty than in your own home.

littleoldlady · « **Reply #24 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:54 PM »

Quote from: PigShanks on Mar 19, 2007, 01:47 PM

It's row, row, row the boat down here LOL. Good luck!!!

PS, it is still -8 C. with flurries...and a metre of ice...perch have been biting, so out we go!!

PigShanks · « **Reply #25 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:58 PM »

Quote from: littleoldlady on Mar 19, 2007, 01:54 PM

PS, it is still -8 C. with flurries...and a metre of ice...perch have been biting, so out we go!!

Saturday was 21c officially, 25c on my deck with a beer!

mcarolan · « **Reply #26 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:58 PM »

You can stay out late and come home smelling of fish.................. ............... and the Wife don't mind!!!!!!!!!!

PigShanks · « **Reply #27 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 02:03 PM »

Quote from: mcarolan on Mar 19, 2007, 01:58 PM

You can stay out late and come home smelling of fish.................. ............... and the Wife don't mind!!!!!!!!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PGKris · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 02:22 PM »

.....you don't phone your fishing buddies anymore...you PM them on Iceshanty

Lobes · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 02:33 PM »

"It's the third week of March and you know the exact number of shopping days 'till next ice fishing season".

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Author Topic: You might be an icefisherman if.... (Read 10954 times)