Now a saltbox out my window
#31
11-04-2006, 07:48 AM
Originally Posted by Texas88
Originally Posted by Consider
But the other thing is to learn new things. Studies have shown that people who learn new things have more healthy, active, flexible minds than people who stick with the same things, even if those things are very complicated and take a lot of intelligence to start. 
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#32
11-04-2006, 10:32 AM
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by Texas88
And Roadhog, not sure if this would work as an Ice Shanty??
 Be neat though, with pontons maybe as a safety net..... My cloths froze stiff... :shock: say...(o-i-l... c-a-n)... in a quiet squeeky voice. :lol:  Today, thanks to you reminding me of my shanty...I went out to retrieve it, and haul it over to the shop. I need to do some repairs and build a new door for it. It's a wood frame with an aluminum skin. That little hole is where I run the woodstove stack. I haven't used it for awhile. I mainly set it up for spear fishing for Pike. ...and I run tip ups...for Browns, Lakers or Walleye. For Whitefish...I have to go out on Grand Traverse Bay. I usually go with a buddy who has a nice portable coup. Nobody sets up permanent out there. My real passion for Ice Fishing is Spearing. Pike are very smart, and crafty. It's the ultimate fresh water big game fish. He is a predator fish, and to spear him is like bagging a Buck with bow and arrow. They also camoflauge to the bottom, and lots of times they are right there and you don't realize it until you make a slight movement, and zip...off he goes to never return rest of that shift. You have to really pay attendtion and be very quiet and still. You may only see their dorsal fins waving...or just the tip of their head right at the edge of the hole...wary and not coming any closer to your decoy. Your spear is in the water ready to NAIL him...but he could wait right at the edge for hours...testing your metal and last nerve. You must wait for him to pass under the spear, and his eyes not directed anywhere near your spear, or he'll jump your attempt. If he is facing away and moving slowly...you may push your range and go for it. Next big trick is once you have speared him...and you let him fight the weight the spear and tire out...you must bring the beast up. Lots of times I have got them to the hole to have them break into a titanic battle threatening to bust your shanty into kindling...and need to send them back to the bottom to wear out some more. Getting them finally out of the hole...now you must get them out onto the ice Pronto...as the HAVE TEETH and will thrash the crap out of you once out of the water...and you also have to worry about them working off the spear, and slipping away. I have thrown many a Pike out onto the ice, and billy-clubbed them senseless...then let them freeze solid...to get them home and thaw them out in my sink to clean them, to have them come back to life again...in my kitchen!! God Bless them Pike!!! 8) The wall panels are pushed out on my shanty and need to be renailed. Also, I need to build a new door.....and now you know why. :lol:
#33
11-04-2006, 10:40 AM
Originally Posted by dpatt
Originally Posted by yoopr
Never work as a Ice shack up here-too heavy even if you put runners underneath.
Who cares if it breaks thru and freezes in place. Maybe even build a motor mount (5 horse outboard?) and motor to shore in the spring. On second thought...maybe living down south in the heat causes hallucinations...http://oldstersview.wordpress.com/fi..._houseboat.jpg
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#34
11-04-2006, 12:38 PM
Re: Now a saltbox out my window
Originally Posted by roadhog
Originally Posted by Texas88
And Roadhog, not sure if this would work as an Ice Shanty??
Be neat though, with pontons maybe as a safety net..... My cloths froze stiff... :shock: say...(o-i-l... c-a-n)... in a quiet squeeky voice. :lol: Today, thanks to you reminding me of my shanty...I went out to retrieve it, and haul it over to the shop. I need to do some repairs and build a new door for it. It's a wood frame with an aluminum skin. That little hole is where I run the woodstove stack. I haven't used it for awhile. I mainly set it up for spear fishing for Pike. ...and I run tip ups...for Browns, Lakers or Walleye. For Whitefish...I have to go out on Grand Traverse Bay. I usually go with a buddy who has a nice portable coup. Nobody sets up permanent out there. My real passion for Ice Fishing is Spearing. Pike are very smart, and crafty. It's the ultimate fresh water big game fish. He is a predator fish, and to spear him is like bagging a Buck with bow and arrow. They also camoflauge to the bottom, and lots of times they are right there and you don't realize it until you make a slight movement, and zip...off he goes to never return rest of that shift. You have to really pay attendtion and be very quiet and still. You may only see their dorsal fins waving...or just the tip of their head right at the edge of the hole...wary and not coming any closer to your decoy. Your spear is in the water ready to NAIL him...but he could wait right at the edge for hours...testing your metal and last nerve. You must wait for him to pass under the spear, and his eyes not directed anywhere near your spear, or he'll jump your attempt. If he is facing away and moving slowly...you may push your range and go for it. Next big trick is once you have speared him...and you let him fight the weight the spear and tire out...you must bring the beast up. Lots of times I have got them to the hole to have them break into a titanic battle threatening to bust your shanty into kindling...and need to send them back to the bottom to wear out some more. Getting them finally out of the hole...now you must get them out onto the ice Pronto...as the HAVE TEETH and will thrash the crap out of you once out of the water...and you also have to worry about them working off the spear, and slipping away. I have thrown many a Pike out onto the ice, and billy-clubbed them senseless...then let them freeze solid...to get them home and thaw them out in my sink to clean them, to have them come back to life again...in my kitchen!! God Bless them Pike!!! 8) The wall panels are pushed out on my shanty and need to be renailed. Also, I need to build a new door.....and now you know why. :lol: Wow... what a story!!!!!! Is it a classic fish story... or... is it true that one has ever come back to life in your kitchen????
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#37
11-04-2006, 03:23 PM
Originally Posted by roadhog
Shuddap... :evil:
...how's that for a quick witted comeback?... :P I just don't wanna say anything too dramatic ..... :evil: walking away muttering to himself Did you? Grandpa used to catch pike when we went Up North to their cottage. But he didn't like them much, because of the bones. The bones didn't come out nicely like those of bass and croppies.
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#38
11-04-2006, 10:20 PM
...sometimes I don't know if I'm joking or not. :?
The story about TinMan is true. The Fish stories are true. You need to know how to fillet Pike. They have an extra set of "Y" bones. Pike meat is one of my most favorite. :P ..yoopr...he is jealous....and grumpy...because he's freezing his nads off ...and he can only fish for Splake or Walleye... unless he journeys south into Troll Country :P :? :lol:
#39
11-05-2006, 04:05 AM
Originally Posted by roadhog
...sometimes I don't know if I'm joking or not. :?
The story about TinMan is true. The Fish stories are true. You need to know how to fillet Pike. They have an extra set of "Y" bones. Pike meat is one of my most favorite. :P ..yoopr...he is jealous....and grumpy...because he's freezing his nads off ...and he can only fish for Splake or Walleye... unless he journeys south into Troll Country :P :? :lol: I remember platters of sun fish for breakfast up at my grandparents cottage... There in the middle of the table would be this platter of sun fish all nicely fried... mmmmmm. I liked those!
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