The Result Of Snowmobiles Going To Fast ( has this happened to you? )

[OZZY]

I hope none of you have had this happen to your tip-ups. This was one of my friends tip-ups that was on Schroon Lake during the tournament. The snowmobile was going about 80 mph right through our set up, showing little respect for anyone. It stinks when you lose equipment for no reason, I guess we need to put a christmas tree next to every tip-up so they will see it. Has this happened to anyone else?

[big big rdg]

I own i snowmobile but i make sure that whenever i am near a person icefishing i give them room. When people get close to my traps i get heated. I hope nobody else has this happen to them

[C.C.]

All I can say is I would have to do the same thing to them as with jet ski's in the summer!!! Thats all I'm gonna say
        Jim

[MikePike]

i have had a dog knock over my traps before, but never a snowmobile. get out the summer rod and cast a 6/0 treble hook at their heads

[wormwigglr]

is there a rule that states a snowmobile has to stay a certain distance from a fisherman where you live? i think i seen it on a thread before that there is a law like that here in new york state. cuz that is some bull.

[UPSTATE ICEMASTER]

 Last weekend on the DEAD SEA i saw one of my buddys polars get smashed by a sled he didnt even stop he just looked at us and took off 

[wormwigglr]

must not be a good week for tip ups. i just read about someone else gettin their tip downs smashed up to. i haven't heard about this year till now. maybe it is due to everybody trying to get in that last week of pike and eyes.

[AD]

The real problem here is that we are in their way, see it is our fault according to them for setting up our tip-ups in their way.     lol.     

[twodoggs]

I like that Alaskan dreams.  then it would be thier fault if they ran into my 270 bullet that I was sighting in on the lake while waiting for a flag.

[archbishop]

theyd be the same people that would sue you if your tip-up got caught and caused them to flip

[AD]

Yeah but it must be frustrating.   I like the frabils (the big ones) but then me and Chucker ewere up on Lake george and I got to thinking, that I think I understand why a lot of people use the heritage lakers, becuase they are easily visable to hisgh speeding snowmobiles (and hey if you need a club for a monster fish you have a beefy tip-up)

I have heard about tip-ups being run over, sorry that yours got run over.     I think its needless to say he must have been really pissed off, I know I would have.     

[Robb]

One of my buds tip-ups got hit on the Dead sea last Sat. too, the guy came back and I asked him to apologize, he just looked at us with a dazed look and said he didn't see it, what a dumb-a$$ ! I own a sled and have never hit a tip-up.

Robb

[Caroga Kid]

That looks like grounds, for an ass kickin.....

[vancouvercanuck]

must not be a good week for tip ups. i just read about someone else gettin their tip downs smashed up to.

wormwigglr, didn't you know; it's "tip-up wrecking week" in the U.S.?

[wormwigglr]

it definately seems that way. i'll be ticked if someone hits mine, though.

[adkRoy]

This happened to us on Lake George last Saturday!

They should make it legal to shoot any snowmobiler, 4-wheeler, truck , car, that runs over your tip-ups. THat would stop alot of them from zipping through where we ice-fish!

[panfishing pirate]

 

[MikeThePike]

What you do is plant landmines 20 feet before the tip-ups so they just fly right over them. I'd be pissed if a snowmobiler took out any of my tip-ups. Thats the main reason I aviod the bigger lakes is because the way it seems around here is they'd just as fast hit u and run as your gear.

[wormwigglr]

guess its a good thing i got my tip ups for just under 3 bucks a piece.

[archbishop]

im glad most lake i fish dont alow snowmobiles

[OZZY]

I was thinking of setting up some claymor mines or bringing my shotgun, at 80 mph its just like shooting skeet! 

[wormwigglr]

i'd like to shoot them at close range so they splatter apart like skeet though.

[AD]

Take a shovel and make a ramp or big pile of snow on one side of your tip-ups, they will most likely try to avoid the snowpile.   

[MikeVT]

Just set up a short length of re-bar on either side of your tip ups, that may take some of the fight out of the sleds, for the real coyboys, slam a spud bar into the ice and see who finds it.  Just kidding of course, but when you are set up just below the ice for salmon and cruising lakers, snowmobilers can ruin your whole day.  Just my 2 cents.

[bigredonice]

i would bring my painball gun with me if i was worried...works good in the summer for jet-skis too!

[PGKris]

Potato gun potato gun potato gun! Make sure to leeeead him, leeeead him. Touch off! PPHUUUMP! Scares the crap out of jet skiiers Yeah I hear you guy's pain. A few of the lakes I fish are the same way.... always someone runnin around on his sled. Usually, if they get within 50 yards I pack up and leave because it usually shuts the bite right off. I don't use tip-ups but I can imageine what I would do if someone ran over something of mine!

[adkRoy]

The funniest thing I ever saw run over a guys tip-up was an ice boat up by Bolton Landing on Lake George. This iceboat sailed through our tip ups but ran over the guys next to us. He swung around and came through again but this time the guy started throwing full cans of beer at the ice boat. The guy in the ice boat just waved and kept on going. Very funny thing to watch but did feel the ice-fishermans pain at losing a tip-up.

[AirManCam]

I can see both sides of the story, becuase I am an avid snomobiler, and ice fisherman. When I do take my sleds out on the lake, I will slow down to a couple mph untill I pass the tipups/fisherman. As an icefisherman, I try to stay away from where the snowmobiles and fourwheelers go. Like on the deadsea there is a freaking autobond out there off mayfield beach. I try to stay way from that kinda stuff

[toothycritter00]

it happened to me twice this year!!!!

the first time was on the dead sea during the tourney in January. i purposefully set my tipups away from the well traveled path in the fresh snow to avoid the sleds..

the second time i was up in the Adirondacks saw three sleds all day..the guy was actually waving at me as he ran it over....

you can always tell when its an icefisherman they slow down and head away from where you are....thanks to those guys and to the rest slow the f*$k down and open your eyes.

i go out with a few friends each time (3 to 6 people) and it only happens to ME what the hell. but after all that, both tipups still work....i will never buy anything but the polars.

we only got a few weeks left so get out and fish!!!
toothycritter

[The Iceman]

I had this happen to me last year where a snowmobile ran over one of my polars. After showing the guy the bent shaft he pulled out 20$ and paid for it. One of the rare ones I guess

However, I have since made a dozen or so "Flags" about 3ft long wooden dowel with a different color flag "Green" at the tip and set them up around the perimeter I am fishing. Anybody in a sled, ATV or car can see them ahead of time.