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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: Kilsdonk on Dec 02, 2022, 03:56 PM
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I was in Bob Wards picking up maggots about 5 years ago when I was still in college. As I usually do, I struck up a convo. with a gentleman in the ice fishing section where we BS'd for about a half hour before he told me about iceshanty... don't know where I would be with out this site! Thanks to whoever you are.
Anybody have a cool story how they found out about this forum?
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Actually first joined in 2007 following a link from another fishing site. Lost forget my original password and wasn't to computer savvy back then. Joined again in 2013 with a new name and password.
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I'm an old guy. I can't remember.
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I'm an old guy. I can't remember.
:roflmao: :clap:
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Link on another website talking about Smitty Sleds years ago.
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I was searching for a new iceshanty many years ago and this site popped up first in my web search .been here ever since.
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Local Legend Fishdaddy09 turn me onto this site !
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Actually saw it ( a sticker) on a fishing show on a Sunday morning..I didn’t even know how to use a computer then..
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Well...I joined in 2007 + I grew up in the 60/70's = :blink:
Pretty sure I just Googled "Ice fishing forums"...and here I am.
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I joined in 2015 after two weeks of lurking on here.
As I was exiting the ice at a local lake two guys just randomly told me I needed this site. Probably could tell I was still learning (still learning this addiction every year). Maybe it was the fish Finder with the boat battery on a 2x4 or the little kids sled I was using to haul my gear. They talked it up big and explained it would open up a whole new world of ice fishing to me. They weren’t kidding.
If you gents are still out there thanks a bunch whoever you guys are! Never told me the free membership would end up costing me in the Best Ice Deals section.
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found it while internet searching for fishing forums at work. ;D
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found it while internet searching for fishing forums at work. ;D
Same but not at work.......
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found it while internet searching for fishing forums at work. ;D
I do my best lurking on this site at work 3-4 times a day at least, but somehow all the giveaways happen when I'm not on the site! I think the moderator waits till I sign off then tells everyone else to jump on.. and in 2 minutes the thread is locked and.... a winner is pulled! LOL! After that I see all the congratulations and a few straggler "I'm ins"
By the way, if this site goes away, pretty sure they will take me away to the local mental hospital.
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Found this site and pheasant hunting site at the same time, looking for intel and conditions reports so I don’t drive somewhere and have to suffer…kinda takes the fun out of it and is hard on the pocket book.
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I wouldn't say my story is cool, but it is my story...It was around 2010 I believe when I decided to get back into ice fishing after a long hiatus...I had decided that if I was gonna do it I was gonna get a bunch of new gear...About $1100.00 later I was set to hit the ice...I had hit a local lake a couple times & talked about it at work...One day a coworker invited me to hit the ice with him & as we were fishing he was on his phone viewing this site...I inquired, he explained it & I joined as soon as I got home that evening...Been a great ride here over the years...I've learned alot & as a bonus made a couple friends...Life changes & I don't get to hit the hardwater as often, but I enjoy every minute I'm logged onto this great site...END OF STORY !!
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I was at fish307 buying jigs and bait, owner told me a out this site.
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In 2003 while ice fishing with a couple of guys, we started making fun of some of the funny sounding websites that we had heard for various things. I quipped sarcastically that there is probably a website specifically for bait buckets called " www.baitbucket.com " and we laughed. Then I checked later that day to see if that was an actual website, and iceshanty.com came up as one of the search hits.
I proceeded to check it out and joined on 1/13/2003 and the rest is history. ;)
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I believe some how I stumbled onto myhuntingforum, then learned about Iceshanty :woot: and myfishfinder followed shortly after.
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It’s been so long, I can’t even remember.
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It’s been so long, I can’t even remember.
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At the turn of the millennia and I was on about 4-5 different fish forums, or rather just lurking. Eventually after reading through so much good information and also misinformation about so many things, I decided that I will put my 2 1/2 cents in. And there you have it, I signed up. Ice shanty was one of the latter ones that I signed up on.
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Via myfishfinder.com.Love both sites.
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This is cool to hear how it happened 👍
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Back in 2013, I was bored at work so I put in a search for “Ice Fishing”, and this site popped up. After reading a few posts, I liked what I read, so I joined up! Simple as that! ::)
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This is lame, but I think I first learned about this forum on a Facebook ice fishing group.
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Came here from Myfishfinder... Can't remember how I got there...
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Someone I was fishing with told me about it.
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The Googler got me here; doing some ice fishing research and the forum kept popping up in results.
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Joined in 2004. I have no idea how or when I learned about it,
fish on,
rivereddy
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The Googler got me here; doing some ice fishing research and the forum kept popping up in results.
+1 on this... Googled myself into a lurker several years back, and then finally signed up a couple years ago.
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I googled Ohio ice fishing sites and found this also. So here I am!!! :tipup: :icefish:
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Was searching for reviews on a flip-over house and ended up reading the Ice Shanty reviews, as they are usually the first set to pop up in Google. Ended up spending quite a bit of time on the page and decided to join right away.
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I google a lot. Many ice fishing related searches came up with iceshanty forums, and those were usually where I found my answers...or more questions. Finally joined today!
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I just signed up to Ice Shanty a few days ago and found it by internet searching for "ice fishing forums". I've never even been ice fishing before, although I have been fishing my entire life. Today, I bought a sled, a hand auger, two rods (one ultralight and one medium), a spud bar, an ice scoop and a grip of jigs etc. I made sure to support a couple of the sponsors on the forum (Custom Jigs & Spins and Tackle Shack). I would have taken advantage of the Pure Fishing discount, but you guys bought up all the good stuff ;)
Hopefully I'll be out on hardwater by next weekend and I'm beyond stoked!! If anyone in the CDA area wants to buddy up, I could definitely use the camaraderie.
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Love to hear it! Good Luck out there nICE, let us know how you do!
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Joined in 2014, avid lurker for about a year before that. Was looking for ice fishing info and this site came up on a google search.
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I joined in 2007. The other Paramedic I was working with told me about the site. I then went online and have been on this great site ever since. I think I joined my fish finder about the same time.
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Love to hear it! Good Luck out there nICE, let us know how you do!
Will do!