HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE.

[muskymuskymusky]

Just looking for an idea of what the icefishing edicate is by poll

[Markus]

I like to give and recieve as much room as possible out on the ice.

I can't wait to see Jammer and his potato cannon this year. It's designed to lauch tators at snomobiles and quads that come zooming by a little too close.

[Canadian Bacon]

I can't wait to see Jammer and his potato cannon this year. It's designed to lauch tators at snomobiles and quads that come zooming by a little too close.

We have one here some where they are great...LOL

We had 5 or 6 holes all within 20 feet of each other last time out...

[RJ]

And when Bacon steps in between them all....I run!...

[Legend]

If you are fishing with friends it doesn't matter. If you are in a mass of huts with people you don't know, I think 30 feet is not too much to ask.

The potato cannon sounds great although I'd be tempted to clothesline anyone whistling by my location. I've seen enough drunken fools obliterating huts and tip-ups with their 100 mph. sleds.

Legend

[Cancatchbass]

If I see a bunch of people concentrated in a relatively small area- I stay well clear of them.

None of the waters I fish are so small that everyone has to be piled into one particular spot.

I prefer to fish areas that get little or no pressure from the hordes.

When fishing with friends, though- if one of us gets on a spot-on-a-spot, we often have holes within a couple of feet of each other.

CCB

[jammer]

when fishing with friends it doesn't matter... i'm not putting up with the tomfoolery this year... i put a lot of time into finding fish and when someone pulls up on my doorstep i get a little testy... i give at least a couple hundred feet, i expect the same... its common courtesy..

[RJ]

OOH AHH Jammers on the warpath...OOH AHH Jammers on the warpath...

RJ

[big-o]

Last winter ICEMAN had drilled a few holes and was bouncing between them trying to locate a moving school of fish, when a guy came along and set up in one of the holes ......three feet from him and Topwater and myself ,needless to say I was alittle upset

[muskymuskymusky]

What if i have a spot 100 feet straight out from my cottage, sometimes there is a guy there using my old holes now does that change things should i just fish right there too or look else where? After all they are my old holes and he prolly saw me catching fish there before.

[Rideaufish]

I dont icefish but I can talk why not go out and say hi see whats up and if hes not catching than he saved you some time.

[Brampton Mike]

Looks like 20 feet is leading the pack...just don't get too close to me as I have my elbows sharpened for the hard water season!!!!!!! Brampton Mike

[jammer]

Here is my reasoning:
- between the Quad and hut and gear is a substantial amount of money invested

- i spend probably at least 4 days a week on the ice tracking or finding the fish and to have some Ahole set up on my step and scare the fish out that i had to find.... i think we can figure that out..

- unoccupied holes are well unoccupied holes - if you want them the following day be there first

- if your going to a guys hole or hut to visit, park your sled or quad at least 100 feet away and walk quietly to there hut or hole

- if someone is kind enough to take you out fishing, respect there area, don't be showing up the next day with 10 other of your buddies...

This may make me sound kind of pee pee, not true. I have fished with a few fella's off this board and they can vouch for my easy going attitude (Markus,Salmon,Hoover,Bosc,MT, etc,etc). BUT when it comes to icefishing i take it pretty serious...

[big-o]

Jammer Wrote:

if someone is kind enough to take you out fishing, respect there area, don't be showing up the next day with 10 other of your buddies...

I agree Jammer and that goes for soft water season.....nothing worse, that taking a guy fishing...trying to help him get a few, and then show up at your honey hole the next weekend or the next day and find the guy you had out with all his buddies, fishing the same hole...acting like he had found the spot and done all the work

[Wall-I-Guy]

Most bodies of water, and that goes for hard water too, are big enough crowding is not necessary

Personally, unless it's a situation where you've arranged to be out fishing together as a group, I think it shows a lack of fishing etiquette and to some degree skill, to encroach on another.

We all for the most part have decent common courtesy and common sense. What more is needed