11-30-2015, 08:30 PM
[#0000FF]All great suggestions. But if I may wax a bit pessimistic here, you are preaching to the choir. I seriously doubt that a lot of the folks who regularly violate basic rules of good sportsmanship and conduct on the ice are not likely to be members on this forum. Even if they can read...or operate a computer...they are the kind who do not believe that rules of etiquette apply to them.
Like yourself, I have had more than a few nice relaxing ice fishing trips totally ruined by the carelessness of pet owners or parents of unruly kids. I am a grampa and I love small kids and I love dogs. But that doesn't mean I welcome them to trash my ice fishing setup, raid my lunch or bait supply, break my rods, get tangled in my lines or just plain ruin the tranquility.
There are times and places for everybody and everything. But a serious ice fishing trip is not the place to have to take care of other people's kids and pets...especially if they gots no manners.
As far as folks "downloading" on the open ice...or down ice holes...there are no words. Too bad we can't grab them and rub their noses in it. Used to work when training dogs.
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Like yourself, I have had more than a few nice relaxing ice fishing trips totally ruined by the carelessness of pet owners or parents of unruly kids. I am a grampa and I love small kids and I love dogs. But that doesn't mean I welcome them to trash my ice fishing setup, raid my lunch or bait supply, break my rods, get tangled in my lines or just plain ruin the tranquility.
There are times and places for everybody and everything. But a serious ice fishing trip is not the place to have to take care of other people's kids and pets...especially if they gots no manners.
As far as folks "downloading" on the open ice...or down ice holes...there are no words. Too bad we can't grab them and rub their noses in it. Used to work when training dogs.
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