12-28-2005, 05:30 AM
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When an old timer farts,
I am sure you have seen them on the ice, them old gray and weather beaten anglers sporting a 5 gallon can for a seat on the open ice while every one else is huddled in their portables.
They seem to be content right where they are, fish or no fish. Puzzling, Oddly enough if you walk up to one he will not mind the company of another angler moving in so long as you arent moving right on top of him.
You sit there waiting for something to happen, you know the old timer is there for a reason, then like farts in the wind he starts spewing words of wisdom. The first thing you start doing is looking for a way out, so you start looking for some one you know on the ice, or start thinking about the ice being whiter on the other side of the lake.
Before you can make your escape he comes up with something that has you trapped in your seat. You cant leave with out feeling rude, you moved in on top of him and now you find you don’t want his company, and he keeps talking on and on you cant get away...
sort of like this tip, it tends to go on and on with out going any where, but there is a rhyme to the madness, and it is really quite simple.
When the old timer says the ice isn’t safe today and doesn’t go out, it is for a reason, he didn’t get to be old and gray and still sitting on that bucket there jabbering away with out having becoming seasoned with the ice, seeing many more winters than he would like to admit he has seen conditions that you may or may not see your whole life time of fishing.
So today’s tip is if you are headed out it is a good idea to drop in to bigfishtackle.com and ask the old timers either on the ice fishing board or your respective regional board for the latest clues.
Had a few anglers today checked in with us today before driving their cars out on the lake they could have saved them selves a few G's in towing and repairs.
Bouy Howdy did I cut a good one...LOL
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When an old timer farts,
I am sure you have seen them on the ice, them old gray and weather beaten anglers sporting a 5 gallon can for a seat on the open ice while every one else is huddled in their portables.
They seem to be content right where they are, fish or no fish. Puzzling, Oddly enough if you walk up to one he will not mind the company of another angler moving in so long as you arent moving right on top of him.
You sit there waiting for something to happen, you know the old timer is there for a reason, then like farts in the wind he starts spewing words of wisdom. The first thing you start doing is looking for a way out, so you start looking for some one you know on the ice, or start thinking about the ice being whiter on the other side of the lake.
Before you can make your escape he comes up with something that has you trapped in your seat. You cant leave with out feeling rude, you moved in on top of him and now you find you don’t want his company, and he keeps talking on and on you cant get away...
sort of like this tip, it tends to go on and on with out going any where, but there is a rhyme to the madness, and it is really quite simple.
When the old timer says the ice isn’t safe today and doesn’t go out, it is for a reason, he didn’t get to be old and gray and still sitting on that bucket there jabbering away with out having becoming seasoned with the ice, seeing many more winters than he would like to admit he has seen conditions that you may or may not see your whole life time of fishing.
So today’s tip is if you are headed out it is a good idea to drop in to bigfishtackle.com and ask the old timers either on the ice fishing board or your respective regional board for the latest clues.
Had a few anglers today checked in with us today before driving their cars out on the lake they could have saved them selves a few G's in towing and repairs.
Bouy Howdy did I cut a good one...LOL
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