I hate that people put permanent on a piece of structure, then don’t come out to it more than once or twice an ice season. I find good walleye spots, then they see me catching them and bam, the rock ledge I was on is now covered by 2 or 3 permanent ice houses that never have anyone in them. I’m not allowed to rope off my summer fishing spots to keep people out, am I? If people are fishing them, great, but when most I see go untouched for 2 weeks at a time, go park it in a parking lot.
It’s a shame when this happens. I have a quiet spot on Indian Point that is just on fire half the time. I made the mistake of leaving about a dozen dead, ripped up suckers next to a tip-up hole on a trip in Mid-Dec when people were just starting to drive out there. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone was watching me with binoculars, because I was all by my lonesome on an area that I found with Side Imaging that doesn’t show up on any map. It’s actually a single rock the size of a mini van near a break that was getting hit routinely by the Bassmaster Elites during the two championships up there.
A couple days later I come and there’s a large perm house right over that spot. I’ve been back multiple times and have never seen anyone fishing it, nor have I seen any foot tracks around it or vehicle tracks going to/from. There was a snow drift halfway up the door a few days ago. Last thing I want to do is fish anywhere near a permanent house. I know how that looks to most permanent house owners. If I drill nearby and water comes up and freezes the house in, then I’m the jerk.
