12-15-2005, 08:39 AM
Good point, and should you have no other choice never wash your hands out of the same hole you are fishing in, (do it in your buddies hole )
you do raise a good point, there are a lot of things out on the ice that can spoil your line/hole, and much of it you take with you. Lantern or heater fuel, greased components from hand held equipment, even gas, oil, and fumes from power augers.
If one should get their hands in to something they don’t want to get on their bait, a bar of soap and snow will take care of most of the problem. I have done this my self and it dose work; you will not want to do this if you do not have a towel, lantern or heater.
I have gone as far as after washing my hands squirting my favorite fish sent on my hands and washing my hands again. I am not a fan of sending my bait down the hole smelling like an auto repair shop.
The kind of soap you use will also make a big difference as well, Now guys this is where the real danger comes in. Your reputation of being a man will be at stake should you get caught going where I am going to send you, so it is IMPERITIVE that you remember this should you get caught there and one of your buddies catches you in there from out side the mall window.
Where as a good disguise will help you not to be noticed, it is not fool proof.
EXCUSE
"I was in there picking up a gift for my mother, daughter, wife, girlfriend or sister and that is the only place you know where to find what it was on her list"
there are two soaps that work. First being ivory but that is not the best. The best soap to use has oatmeal and milk in it. You will only be able to find it by shopping in a woman’s pampering specialty shop. Sorry guys it is not in the men's hygiene section of the supermarket or drug store.
I accidentally found this soap in an antique farm house store taking the nieces and nephews to feed the ducks where I bought up every bar they had "about fifty bars" when after an outstanding day on the water. They were small bars that fit in a slot of my tackle box. I thought I had enough to last me a lifetime... Little did I know it would only last me about 5 years. Any way you might get lucky if you pass by a historical home with a gift shop, drop in and do a quick look around...
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