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_colorado
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Posts: 386
Retired to MN
Why I Like Hardwater
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Oct 30, 2009, 04:40 PM »
I've been thinking about this a little. I hardly cruise the forums from spring - fall but once there's a possibility of ice, I find myself on the forums nearly everyday. Why do I like ice fishing so much?
I like it because it is a little 'out there', not what most people want to do first thing on a winters morning.
I like being the first one on the ice, an hour or so before dawn, sitting in my hut with my heater and coffee, looking at my Vex lights.
I like sitting in my hut sight fishing - that's hard to beat!
I like the quiet.
I like the wind.
I like the snow.
I like the results (usually).
I like the usual solitude.
I like sitting out on the ice taking in great views.
I like cheap, low end stuff (my homemade sled) being just as valuable as my Vexilar FL-20.
I like icing lakers.
I like the feeling of my heart in my throat when a 30" pike cruises 6" below the hole or a 5 pound trout looks at my jig.
I like the other people that ice fish (unless they camp right next to me).
I like using different stink formula (unlike flyfishing)
I like taking my share of fish (unlike C&R when flyfishing).
I like the sound of ice cracking and groaning when it grows.
I like watching the moonrise at twilight over the ice.
What about you guys? What have I missed? Dang, this little list really got me psyched to get out soon!
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dalwhe1970
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Posts: 187
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #1 on:
Oct 30, 2009, 04:52 PM »
You could write a ice fishing bible with all those named, And your right on the money.....aside from the smell of wood burning in the stove; Makes me feel like I am there already.
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sawblade
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Posts: 134
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #2 on:
Oct 30, 2009, 06:14 PM »
I'll add a couple
Boomming of the ice.
Watching the excitement of a youngster pulling up their catch.
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thebig1
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Posts: 311
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #3 on:
Nov 01, 2009, 11:17 AM »
I'll agree with everything colorado said, Except for the wind part, I hate it, And byt the end of march I'll be cussing it!!!!!! Can't wait for another great season to start.
Tight Lines!!!!!, John
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CrappieBuster
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Posts: 1,602
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #4 on:
Nov 01, 2009, 11:56 AM »
I like beer
Beer and icefishing go together like peas and carrots
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Dog-duster
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Posts: 231
Where's the ice?
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #5 on:
Nov 01, 2009, 12:48 PM »
...the smell of two-stroke exhaust from the auger, the sound of the ice chips landing on the ice while drilling.
I will agree, I hate the wind, screws up the calm you get sitting in the shanty.
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Switzersland
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Posts: 48
Big City turn me loose and set me free...
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #6 on:
Nov 02, 2009, 09:53 AM »
I like feeling the tension on the line and the splashing sounds the trout makes as he is lifted into my blackout shelter.
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ah yeah...we caught'em on...... salmon eggs..........
northernnyice
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Posts: 2,555
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #7 on:
Nov 02, 2009, 10:14 AM »
i like that my friends and i are known as hardcore icefishermen, makes me feel kind of proud.
I like being out there with my best buds knowing we can have a hell of a time not doing much.
I like to eat and drink cold Busch beer
I like hearing all the augers running early in the morning, sort of getting that competitive feeling watching everyone else around setting up their gear while you do.
I like to check out other peoples equipment, possibly finding new cool things i dont even know about.
I like the concept of tip-up fishing, idk what it is about it, i just like it, i take it as a challenge.
I like fishing over night in the shack with the guys.
I get fever'ish thinking about looking out and seeing that bright orange beautiful flag waving in the air.
I love when the perch bite is hot and you can pull up 60 or 70 in a few hours on Chateaugay Lake.
I like knowing that there is a website like this where i can share my passion with other guys like you who love this sport just as much!!!!!
...those are just the first few of things i love about ice fishing on my long mental list, i could go on and on
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Raquettedacker
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Posts: 16,337
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #8 on:
Nov 02, 2009, 10:30 AM »
I agree with all the other posts.. But I just like the fact that I can go out and try to catch fish when most people are stuck in the house bored, in front of the TV saying its to cold to go out side..
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_colorado
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Posts: 386
Retired to MN
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #9 on:
Nov 02, 2009, 12:12 PM »
How did I forget beer and the sound of ice augers??!!
Aaah, the brotherly bonds of ice fishermen.
Best wishes for a great to all in 2009-2010!
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soup
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Posts: 58
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #10 on:
Nov 16, 2009, 12:00 AM »
I like that I dont have to put up with jet skies and speed boaters that run over your lines
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good things come to those who wait......Im still waiting!!!
mealworm
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Posts: 4,057
summer sucks
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #11 on:
Nov 16, 2009, 06:12 PM »
i like being set up early in the morning when its still dark
i like chillin on the ice as it starts to get a little bit light and the and every thing looks blue the sky the mountains and the snow
i like when you breath deep through your nose and your nostrils feeze
i like icecles frozen in my goat
i like when the lake talks to you with its pops and groans
man i can't wait for ice!!
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Coloradie
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Posts: 11
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #12 on:
Nov 19, 2009, 08:41 AM »
I love that I can catch fish all year! Cannot believe I did not do this long ago (only been ice fishing three years). Now I look foreward to winter, never used too! And I like all that was said previously!!!!
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anglinarcher
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Posts: 48
Re: Why I Like Hardwater
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Reply #13 on:
Nov 19, 2009, 01:50 PM »
Dude straight up. I catch more fish on the ice than in the boat or on shore!
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