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Way I see it is everybody has a right to be on the lake.But if they choose not to respect me, I sure as **** am not going to give them an inch back.If there is a benefit to noise around the hole, I would prefer it come from me and not somebody flyin by my rigs. I was on eaton the day Iceenut0 mentioned in this thread, and it is a little depressing to see the same machine drive by you and your rigs over and over and over agian, from 7am - 2pm.But whatever we do outdoors,spring, summer, fall, and "winter", recreational vehichles will always present a problem to outdoorsman.It is up to the individual to decide when and how it is appropriate to stand his(or her) ground and tell the sob to take a hike!!!Tight lines to all,Wellsy
The ATV and snowmobile crowd mostly don't care if they catch any fish because they are tearing around on their toy. If they don't care about their own fishing success, they certainly do not care about anyone else's fishing success either. It makes a huge difference with bigger game fish. My biggest pike have all been put on the ice when I was the only person around and there was no talking let alone ATV or snowmobile noise.
I personally do 90% of my fishing on the weekends , when it is packed with motorized vehicles. During the week when school is in session there is alot of quiet time. So how do you fortunate guys who fish during the week do compared to weekends?
Absolutely better fishing during the week when there is less noise. Especially with new ice which is clear and only a few inches deep. A good snow cover helps a lot in my opinion. I will actually set up on a small patch of snow cover to lessen noise and Prevents fish from seeing movement. We've all seen fish scatter when walking out on a boat dock right? Same thing. Now put ice cleats on everyones feet and a noisy sled to pull along and we put the fear of god into every fish down there. Sit tite for a while with no noise and watch the fish come back to life and start foraging again. Just my 2 cents
Interesting enough, we sometimes put a "drive" on for pike. In the shallow water, we've found you can actually push the fish around by walking laps around the far perimeter of your tip-up spread.
I'm tired of snowmobiles ripping through my tip up sets, music being blared, bbq parties, dogs barking. Solidarity! Where is Lech Velenza when we need him! No more noise!
and keep the dogs at home. tired of their barking and eating my tip ups.
I usually find these things work both ways. I live on a small lake with a snowmobile trail from one end to the other. Ive been here 20 years and 98% of the sleds stay on the trail. So we have been lucky. What cracks me up is fisherman constantly set up next to the trail and complain how fast the sleds are going . What makes me laugh even more is the good spots are no where near the trail! Apparently they just like the easy walk. I guess it is like driving by the state land and seeing the great pumpkins standing 50 yards in, in a line the length of the road 😀.I guess I just figure everyone is going to do their thing. 98% are great, 1% have no clue, and 1% are just jackwagons!