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Me and Mountain Musky went out on Saturday and were out till about midnight from around 3pm. People up there are NUTS!!!!! they were driving full size trucks on 8 inches of ice! We caught some burbot and the weather was perfect. we had set up in 25ft of water just right of the boat launch and apparently set up in a spot that was someone else owned even though no one was fishing it when I arrived at 2:15 because at 4:30 a guy came out to a shanty (in a full size truck). I had a line set up from my pop up to shore, and had drilled out an old frozen over 8 inch hole as my last hole in like 12 inches of water. The guy set his line of tip-ups across mine creating a T. I have never seen anything like it, he literally had tip ups on both sides of our line. worse still he set up and 10 minutes later caught a nice rainbow on one of the holes across my line.
I dont leave my truck parked day and night at a deer spot and then go home and expect nobody to be hunting that patch of woods when im not there because i parked my truck there......guess i will just have to put a permanent shack near all of my spots so i can complain if anyone fishes near them?? We were definitely not trying to step on anyones toes or turf, just looking to spend some time fishing with friends...... also ever been to caspian on opening day? i suppose all of those people are a**holes because it can definitely get crowded there, certainly not 250 yards between anglers thats for sure...sorry to rant and get defensive but i have really only had positive interactions with people on this site and on the ice..... and i definitely dont like being accused of leaving a mess on the ice.
Hmm, you set up near a shanty and wonder why someone cut holes across your lines? I bet that would not have happened had you set up 250 yards from the nearest shantyand strung out lines going away from shanty...