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Use Your Common Sense People....


BronzeBrother

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This may rub some people a little wrong but this dawned on me this past Tuesday while out on a local lake ice fishing with my younger son. Someone decided it was ok to drive their truck out on the lake. We walked out to our spot and drilled some holes and measured eight inches of clear ice with an inch of white ice. Not reasonable enough to drive a dang truck on... But my son got all worked up because he knows that person should not have his vehicle out there unless it's afoot of good ice. Kids being kids with their imaginations, he turns to me with a look of horror on his face and says Dad if that truck comes near us it will break all the ice around us and we will drown!

Imagine how that ruined the day trip? He spent the next hour watching that truck instead of enjoying ice fishing. He finally settled down after the dumb arse left off the lake.

People please think before doing something stupid. You do effect those around you too. Use some common sense and wait till that ice is ready for those trucks... It's not worth your life, the life of others and a kids view on ice fishing...

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I was out on South Stanchfield on Tuesday and couldn't believe how many guys trusted the ice being out there in their full size trucks. And the one that flew by my ice house not more than 20 yards away made me nervous for the ice to break up since he was going about 30 mph. Lucky bass turd didn't go swimming though.

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If a guy wants to drive out let him, who cares. There is not a thing you can do about it. If it seriously "ruined" your day than you should be on a lake that nobody else fishes.

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It might ruin your day if he parks right next to you then goes in the drink. I've had the first part happen to me before on ice I wouldn't have driven on.

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Odds are you'd be a bit upset it he wasnt in his vehicle and fished next to you anyways. Unfortunatly if you dont want other people to bother you your only solution is to find a lake that nobody is on. Whether its jet skis in the summer or snowmobiles in the winter, the lakes are a public place, you need to learn to understand. If you go to the mall do you expect not to be annoyed in some regards? Probably not, but what do you do? You live with it and go back when you need something. All I am saying is when you go out to a lake expect somebody to do something that annoys you and have the mindset to not let it ruin your day. We dont live in a perfect world, in case you didnt know.

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