Author Topic: You might be an icefisherman if.... (Read 10961 times)

pyle · « **Reply #30 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 02:38 PM »

"when 3inches (ice pervs) is enough

Prairiegoat · « **Reply #31 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 03:41 PM »

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

You keep checking this site all summer long!

I think that ranks as #1. Especially if your checking out the reports section.

piscesman · « **Reply #32 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 05:54 PM »

It's the end of March and the wife hears you say, "I'm going to miss something terrible" as she walks out the door. Little does she know you were talking to your ICE FISHINGequipment!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kim

Mr.Vexilar · « **Reply #33 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 09:32 PM »

You drive around all day saturday looking for guys on the ice!

You jump from the bank across 3 ft of open water to get on hard ice!

Crazy things i've done to go fishin!

MuskyHunter · « **Reply #34 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 11:20 PM »

Jump from the bank? He@@, jump on an ice cube and float out to the main ice!! YEEE HAAA!

snelly · « **Reply #35 on:** Mar 20, 2007, 06:56 AM »

you have a plan to set your tipups on the ice from a canoe. just to get out "one more time" been there done that

SPARKYICE · « **Reply #36 on:** Mar 20, 2007, 10:26 AM »

Quote from: PigShanks 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.

....but the ol' lady still complains about you not raising the seat!!

SPARKYICE · « **Reply #37 on:** Mar 20, 2007, 10:29 AM »

...you've thought about putting your tip-ups in tire innertubes roped together so you can use them on open water.
and i mean really put some thought into it!!

TheRo0sTer · « **Reply #38 on:** Mar 20, 2007, 11:44 AM »

You drop more than $600 on gear this season to hit the ice maybe 6 times.

You kneel by a hole in teen temps even if your knees are killing in hopes of catching a big one.

PCB · « **Reply #39 on:** Mar 20, 2007, 11:53 AM »

Quote from: SPARKYICE on Mar 20, 2007, 10:29 AM

...you've thought about putting your tip-ups in tire innertubes roped together so you can use them on open water.
and i mean really put some thought into it!!

ive done that way too many times... might have to give it a try this summer on a farm pond

Desperado · « **Reply #40 on:** Mar 20, 2007, 12:29 PM »

. . . when shopping for automobile insurance, the first question you ask is "what's the coverage if my truck breaks through?"

Luffy · « **Reply #41 on:** Mar 20, 2007, 04:24 PM »

I'm glad I'm not the only guy who looks at the mailbox flags!

scansy · « **Reply #42 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 06:51 AM »

Quote from: ChenBassHead 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!)...

I read this one the other day and just yesterday my neighbors flag was up on the mailbox. I laughed out loud, all by myself while standing on the street. Time to lock me up.

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #43 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 08:03 AM »

Quote from: TheRo0sTer on Mar 20, 2007, 11:44 AM

You drop more than $600 on gear this season to hit the ice maybe 6 times.

Ohhhh you know how to really hurt some one with that reminder and you also forgot to add got skunked all year!

bshirtd · « **Reply #44 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 08:48 AM »

at night when trying to fall asleep u vividly picture your tipups burned into your retinas all day

PCB · « **Reply #45 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 09:06 AM »

one of the things that gets me is the markers for fire hydrants... they get me all worked up in july

i also have dreams about tipups going off all night long in the winter

putback · « **Reply #46 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 02:26 PM »

Quote from: poorcollegeboy on Mar 21, 2007, 09:06 AM

one of the things that gets me is the markers for fire hydrants... they get me all worked up in july

i also have dreams about tipups going off all night long in the winter

A feller ur age should be "marking" hydrants! And it's tipups you dream about going off? You gotta get away from ice fer awhile. Take a couple loans, enroll in Florida St for a semester, maybe try a little volley ball!

PCB · « **Reply #47 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 04:32 PM »

Quote from: putback on Mar 21, 2007, 02:26 PM

A feller ur age should be "marking" hydrants! And it's tipups you dream about going off? You gotta get away from ice fer awhile. Take a couple loans, enroll in Florida St for a semester, maybe try a little volley ball!

you dont have to dream if you do... if ya know what i mean

putback · « **Reply #48 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 07:13 PM »

Quote from: poorcollegeboy on Mar 21, 2007, 04:32 PM

you dont have to dream if you do... if ya know what i mean

Whew, was worried 'bout ya. Guess your gonna be OK. Anyhow, you might be an icefisherman if you don't buy your fishing licence 'till after deer huntin.

esox13 · « **Reply #49 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 08:56 PM »

I can't help but yell FLAG everytime I drive by a site where they have locator flags (markers for underground wire) set up.

Stump Puller · « **Reply #50 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 09:06 PM »

You spend the whole summer going over your fishing equipment, tuning up your snowmobile and rebiulding your icehut, while your boat sits in the drive way, not being used.

PCB · « **Reply #51 on:** Mar 21, 2007, 10:38 PM »

Quote from: putback on Mar 21, 2007, 07:13 PM

Whew, was worried 'bout ya.

thanks for caring

TheRo0sTer · « **Reply #52 on:** Mar 22, 2007, 08:35 AM »

Quote from: Mainehazmt on Mar 21, 2007, 08:03 AM

Ohhhh you know how to really hurt some one with that reminder and you also forgot to add got skunked all year!

Thankfully I didn't get skunked! I have to add:

If you found 5000 different way to explain to your wife why a $500 iceshack is important.

ickirby · « **Reply #53 on:** Mar 22, 2007, 11:28 AM »

consolidated the list to e-mail to a buddy, here goes:

You might be a diehard ice fishermen if…

... Four inches is plenty

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

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

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

…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

…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

… you get depressed when it starts getting warm outside

…you sit in your shanty when its summer

…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

…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

…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

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

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

…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

…You have an expensive pair of neoprene waders that only get used during the month of March

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

…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

…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.

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

…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.

…if you move farther north after you retire just to have a longer ice fishing season!

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

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

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

…You jump from the bank across 3 ft of open water to get on hard ice!

…you have a plan to set your tipups on the ice from a canoe. just to get out "one more time"

…you've thought about putting your tip-ups in tire innertubes roped together so you can use them on open water.

…You drop more than $600 on gear this season to hit the ice maybe 6 times.

…You kneel by a hole in teen temps even if your knees are killing in hopes of catching a big one.

…When shopping for automobile insurance, the first question you ask is "what's the coverage if my truck breaks through?"

…You spend the whole summer going over your fishing equipment, tuning up your snowmobile and rebiulding your icehut, while your boat sits in the drive way, not being used.

…You found 5000 different ways to explain to your wife why a $500 iceshack is important.

PCB · « **Reply #54 on:** Mar 22, 2007, 11:42 AM »

thanks ickirby... great post guys... i know most of these apply to me

woodyvt · « **Reply #55 on:** Mar 22, 2007, 11:59 AM »

My goodness.....I am still laughing......awsome!

lotwfisher · « **Reply #56 on:** Mar 22, 2007, 01:35 PM »

I am laughing cause I know that most of that stuff is all true....It happens to most of us most of the time....My fav is the firehydrant post.....so true so so so true.

Iceline · « **Reply #57 on:** Mar 22, 2007, 08:50 PM »

It is scary. I can remember starting my auger mid July and my wife coming out of the house and just giving me "that look".

I'm there.

swampbuckster · « **Reply #58 on:** Mar 23, 2007, 10:05 AM »

I am going to put that list up on my website if nobody minds...(I'll mention IS as the source)

PCB · « **Reply #59 on:** Mar 23, 2007, 11:53 AM »

not a problem for me...

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Author Topic: You might be an icefisherman if.... (Read 10961 times)