Why?

Must all these ice castle owners get a flag pole and strobe lights. Seen a community of them this weekend.
What a bunch of weiners. Must be a sheep thing. Follow the leader.
Sorry if you have one and I offend you.

Must be citiots.

Note to self. Cancel flagpole and strobe light order, from “Citiots.com” … check

Joe Scegura wrote:

Note to self. Cancel flagpole and strobe light order, from “Citiots.com” … check

Ice Castle needs to up their vetting process.

belletaine wrote:

Ice Castle needs to up their vetting process.

Dang you guys are to good.

Just so we are on the same page. I’m in the market for a flag pole for my shack. Is 20 ft tall enough? I’ll get a flag that reads iceman

The only time I have ever used my strobe lights is when I have someone meeting me at my wheelhouse after dark. It makes finding me a lot easier nowadays. After dark it’s hard to pick your way through the communities of wheelhouses. I guess I need to order a flagpole.

I don’t get it either. On red New Years, go out to take a leak at 4am and its red, blue, yellow, green and white lights flashing and solid as far as you could see.

al-wichman wrote:

The only time I have ever used my strobe lights is when I have someone meeting me at my wheelhouse after dark. It makes finding me a lot easier nowadays.

You mean to tell me you dont leave it on all night shining in your neighbors windows? That seems like what they all do.

I’m aware this isn’t about 90 percent of the guys here. But it is for the 10.

I don’t understand it either.. Last year on the Big Pond, had a guy set up about 40 yards away. As if that wasn’t close enough to me on a 132,000 acre lake, he then had to run his blue and white strobe lights ALL NIGHT LONG! Even with the shades drawn on the skid house, they still flashed inside all night. Was very annoying!

IceNEyes1986 wrote:

I don’t understand it either.. Last year on the Big Pond, had a guy set up about 40 yards away. As if that wasn’t close enough to me on a 132,000 acre lake, he then had to run his blue and white strobe lights ALL NIGHT LONG! Even with the shades drawn on the skid house, they still flashed inside all night. Was very annoying!

Happened to me on rush a few nights back. Guy came and parked next to me and put up a flag pole with a huge pabst flag. Turned on his flood light pointed at me and a strobe. I was pretty upset. I couldn’t even cut a leak with out being in his spot light.

This is the only reason I can think of having them and I’m sure it would be more handy than me flashing my headlights. The only reason I can think of why guys go overboard has to do with the most motivating thing in some guys’ lives………..ATTENTION! LOOK AT ME! Selfie strobe cam is probabely next. There are a ton of first time icefisherman with huge houses the last couple years. Not a good combo.

al-wichman wrote:

The only time I have ever used my strobe lights is when I have someone meeting me at my wheelhouse after dark. It makes finding me a lot easier nowadays. After dark it’s hard to pick your way through the communities of wheelhouses. I guess I need to order a flagpole.

I guess I should start leaving them on. I try to stay as far away from crowds as possible, but I usually come up on a Thursday so by Friday evening I’m usually surrounded must be the old he’s there so he must be catching them mentality. Last year on Red we got there Wednesday and had such good fishing we stayed in the house,. Same deal Thursday, but Friday by around 2pm it was time to get out the Otter because we went from alone to a literal neighborhood in a matter of hours. Then all weekend we heard from the people around us that the fishing sucked. I do like the creature comforts of it over a sleeper house though. Falling asleep watching a movie, waking up and being able to brew a pot of coffee before heading out, and coming in and making my wife’s lasagna in the oven is tough to beat.

If you see an Ice castle with a flag that says Icehole on it, be prepared for company. Last year on LOW we had one set up close but not too close. By the time we got back from chasing walleyes that afternoon there were 4 more with the Icehole flags pretty much circling us. Their license plates were Illinois so I don’t know if that is some group down there or if that Icehole thing is just a popular play on a**hole and many people have them. But those were some of the rudest people I have ever seen.

Al that’s how it was for me. I had the firebrand out on rush all by my lonesome and boom this guy came and parked 20 yards from my door. Then decided to party. With bright lights. I was pretty pleased with him. If the kid wasnt with me I would have had a longer talk then I did with him. Can’t stand the rudeness. Just show some respect is all it comes down to

They call them FIBs for a reason.

I think they put the strobes inside so that when the tweakers break in to take a dump on the floor they have a higher likelihood of seizure and eventual capture.

At least that’s why I do it.

philtickelson wrote:

I think they put the strobes inside so that when the tweakers break in to take a dump on the floor they have a higher likelihood of seizure and eventual capture.

At least that’s why I do it.

Taking a dump under strobe lights……Bucket list!

I blame trump.

I hope a tweaker takes a dump, on trump. Much like what has appeared to happen to my 401(k) the last 3 months.

philtickelson wrote:

I hope a tweaker takes a dump, on trump. Much like what has appeared to happen to my 401(k) the last 3 months.

But did you feel the bern?

gizmoguy wrote:

They call them FIBs for a reason.[/quote

I didn’t mean anything by saying the Illinois part. I honestly was curious if there was possibly a fishing club by that name.

But you are right. They’ve more than earned that name.

Anyone been to the eelpout fest in Walker?

100% agree that the strobes are 100% obnoxious…..

They bother me more than any generator ever could.

Anyone with them on should be punched…..

B-man wrote:

100% agree that the strobes are 100% obnoxious…..

They bother me more than any generator ever could.

Anyone with them on should be punched…..

When you go out and punch some one , please give me a jingle. I’d like to watch. And make sure its dinkus from rush

Maybe the strobers are hosting illegal, coke/escort parties. Makes sense, since they are on the water they fall under the jurisdiction of the coast guard, and the coast guard can’t be in all places at once!

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>philtickelson wrote:</div>
I hope a tweaker takes a dump, on trump. Much like what has appeared to happen to my 401(k) the last 3 months.

But did you feel the bern?

I’m definitely feeling a bern, but it’s more like the , “I ate too many hot wings”, or the “it hurts when I pee” bern than the “I don’t have to make $200k to afford healthcare for my disabled son” kind of bern.

belletaine wrote:

Anyone been to the eelpout fest in Walker?

I love Pout Fest, and Flagpoles and Lights are highly encouraged.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>belletaine wrote:</div>
Anyone been to the eelpout fest in Walker?

I love Pout Fest, and Flagpoles and Lights are highly encouraged.

I figured you were the first one with the flag pole lol.

If i could only afford an Ice Castle