I've been ice fishing since the 80's and in the last 10 years, ice fishing has gone from being a hobby for some to a huge sport today. There used to be only a few brave soles drilling holes with spoon augers and using broken fly rods tipped with some sort of homemade jigs. You were lucky if you spotted an ice fisherman all day, now if you get on the lake @ 6 am, your late and there is no place to park at Indian unless you're at a state ramp. We are own worst enemy when it comes to respecting the people who live on the lake, I've seen us leave lawn chairs, propane bottles, Mcdonalds bags, homemade shanties, cigarette butts, and there was an occasion when some dumb ass took a shit in a bucket and left it on a guys lawn because he didn't want us to park in front of his driveway and he called the sheriff. Let's not forget the guy who couldn't find a spot to park on Long Island so so he drove over the top of a cable and phone box so he wouldn't have to walk a few hundred feet to get to the ice, nor the guy who parked in a driveway blocking in a construction crew building a house and got pissed when they towed his truck away. I know a few people who live on Long Island and every year they call the state trying to block people from parking along the side of the road because of the destruction we are causing in that area and the trash we leave behind. We're lucky if we get 60 days of ice fishing in any given season but we are leaving such of a huge negative impact on the landowners that they do not want us around anymore, if it weren't for the money we spent at the local shops, we probably would be banned from parking almost everywhere on the lake. If we could remember a few small details we might gain some respect back, you bring it in, you take it out are easy things to do
