white collar ice fishing

[PCB]

seems like most guys i meet out on the ice work construction or in a factory, or something in the blue collar field.  just curious as to how many white collar workers out there are ice fishing.  im going to  be a teacher and am currently in the process of student teaching (about halfway through).  i always tend to get odd looks from my colleauges when i tell them im an ice fishermen.

[dwayne]

Electrical engineer here.  I don't always wear a white collar to work but my career is deemed as white collar.   

[adkRoy]

Special Education teacher here. but I work at a rural district where most of us faculty hunt or fish.

[jmayo]

cnc applications engineer here.

[Pail Rider]

Electronic engineer here...I am the only one in my office that fishes hard water and hunts.  They think I'm the ultimate redneck.

[PCB]

Special Education teacher here. but I work at a rural district where most of us faculty hunt or fish.

im student teaching in a very rural northern PA district where most hunt and/or fish.  but even they give me odd looks like im a nutcase when i tell them im gonna spend my weekend sitting on the ice

[adkRoy]

im student teaching in a very rural northern PA district where most hunt and/or fish.  but even they give me odd looks like im a nutcase when i tell them im gonna spend my weekend sitting on the ice

My biggest problem is running into my students and their fathers while out hunting and fishing. That's why I make sure I stay on their good sides.

[SPARKYICE]

i'm an automation controls tech.
because i ice fish, folks i work with feel i need special ed.

[roverowner]

I'm a pharmacist.  I keep my icefishing gear in the truck all season and fish whenever I can.  I've been known to head out on the ice in my shoes, work slacks, and leather jacket.  Once I get into the shanty with the heater running everything is good.  I do get some wierd looks heading out on the ice sometimes, though.

[Icenutter]

Accountant and all my employees think I'm crazy.  I get some wierd looks during early ice.  I usually run at lunch time and check local lakes.  I get out in my shirt and tie with the spud bar to check ice thickness. 

[corny13]

At work I wear a white collar and a tie, as well as a white coat......Im a dermatologist....ok probably the one of the few that sits in a ice shanty
Last weekend out catching a few eye's a patient found me in my Shanty ( Name is on it state law) to have me Look at a Skin problem....Ice shanty is my sattelite clinic 

[fozsey]

I'm a pharmacist.  I keep my icefishing gear in the truck all season and fish whenever I can.  I've been known to head out on the ice in my shoes, work slacks, and leather jacket.  Once I get into the shanty with the heater running everything is good.  I do get some weird looks heading out on the ice sometimes, though.

Just tell them you are filling a prescription. Fish need meds too...

[crappie66]

I don't know if I would classify a teacher as white collar.  In my opinon white collar is a professional who does something with the intention of improving business or membership to make more profit. 

[kimball07]

i'm blue collar fished last weekend with a med school guy and shared a few beers with a lawyer that was fishing near by.

[IceReaver]

I work for a CPA as a staff accountant...keep my hunting gear in the car throughout the season and my fishing gear the rest of the year.  I do live in a rural area though, so it's not unusual...though I am the only one actively participating in hunting/fishing in the office.

[Quack_Attack]

If ya wanta see people from all walks of life ice-fishin' come to MI, never saw so many people on the ice as this year. I think that's what they were doin' when not standing in the unemployment line. People here are fishin' for food not sport. 

Used to be that most ice-fishermen I ran into where blue collar but now most are retired or unemployed. 

[dwayne]

I don't know if I would classify a teacher as white collar.  In my opinon white collar is a professional who does something with the intention of improving business or membership to make more profit. 

You are correct.  Here is a textbook version of white collar.

White-collar workers perform tasks which are less "laborious" yet often more highly paid than blue-collar workers, who do manual work. They are salaried professionals (such as some doctors or lawyers), as well as employees in administrative or clerical positions. In some studies, managers are considered as part of the white-collar worker grouping, in others they are not. The name derives from the traditional white, button down shirts worn by workers of such professions. ...

[Mooter]

CADD Operator
Computer Aided Draftsmen

[brewer]

Civil Engineer.  Three of us in the office ice fish. 

[dwayne]

CADD Operator
Computer Aided Draftsmen

Do you mind if I send you over some mark-ups to do for me?

[maineduckhunter]

You are correct.  Here is a textbook version of white collar.

White-collar workers perform tasks which are less "laborious" yet often more highly paid than blue-collar workers, who do manual work. They are salaried professionals (such as some doctors or lawyers), as well as employees in administrative or clerical positions. In some studies, managers are considered as part of the white-collar worker grouping, in others they are not. The name derives from the traditional white, button down shirts worn by workers of such professions. ...

Well Im a PE teacher.....I dont do manual work(except in the summer)...a salaried professional...so would that make me a white-collar?  Does it really matter today?  

[flyingknee]

My collar isn't white-it glows.Nuclear repair technician/nuclear diver

[Scientist]

I’m a Scientist for a pharmaceutical company. Not so much a white collar but a white coat. Love my job get to travel all over the world however it can cut into some ice fishing time.  Most of the ice-fisherman that I meet are in construction or a type of job which is “slow” in the winter such as landscaper. All the White-collar workers that I know either go skiing in the winter or do “indoor activities” such as diner at a restaurant or movies.  However in the summer the White-collar workers will go fishing but not in the winter because it is too cold for them. Just a different mentality.

[Mooter]

Do you mind if I send you over some mark-ups to do for me?

Sure

My latest project is working with a underwater acoustical survey for some hydrographic mapping.

[yarndt52]

accountant here!! and i spend as much time on the ice as possible.. helps that a few people in the office i work also go, so we plan some trips together..

[dwayne]

Sure

My latest project is working with a underwater acoustical survey for some hydrographic mapping.

That sounds interesting.  My firm doesn't have "drafters" so we all do most of our own CADD work.  The only ones' who don't are the senior guys who still think CADD is done at a "CADD Station".  They haven't caught on yet that AutoCAD can be run from desktops and laptops these days.   

[Mooter]

That sounds interesting.  My firm doesn't have "drafters" so we all do most of our own CADD work.  The only ones' who don't are the senior guys who still think CADD is done at a "CADD Station".  They haven't caught on yet that AutoCAD can be run from desktops and laptops these days.   

I'm working as a SurvCADD specialist and have been working in Microstation for a year or so.

[Mooter]

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I would think you would have the common courtesy to show the proper signage around here

[deadsmelthead]

Organized Crime leader here, leather collar. I usually just make the fish an offer they can't refuse.

[Longwooddrive]

I'm in with the Feds as a Fisheries technologist although am qualified for Wildlife projects as well.  Thank god for our Natural resources!   Couldn't ask for a better job!  Doing what I love and getting paid for it.  As long as the funding comes in, I'm happier than a pig in @#$!.
Only have one other friend who Ice fishes and he has moved out west!  I find people are quite fascinated with ice fishing and want to know more about it.  It seems most white collard peeps. are too busy to engage in the sport of ice fishing.