The Fish and Game Department says…

GWC... · 03-25-2005, 01:22 PM

Bobhouses to be off the lake by April 1st…

Island Time · 03-25-2005, 03:10 PM

so any idea how many of these shacks actually fall into the lake each year? Is it really the desire to ice ish as long as possible? or is it just laziness?

pmj · 03-25-2005, 05:40 PM

That is a really good question. i wonder how many bob houses are already at the bottom of the lake from previous years and if these are found to be sunken hazards in the more shallow part of the lake. Does Bizer or Duncan ever do any research to find out if there are bob houses causing hazards?
I can only imagine that this would be a very difficult task.

jmp

Mee-n-Mac · 03-25-2005, 10:06 PM

I'll guess a couple get caught out every year but I don't think they usually end up as a hazard. Wave and wind action eventually sweep them, and more likely their pieces, onto shore somewhere. I don't recall finding anything that I would say came from a bob house on my shore though I have seen tree parts and dock pieces. It's these that I've also seen floating about in the lake during early boating season. You definitely want to be on the lookout in April and early May for these barely floating outdrive grabbers.

on a tangent - how many cars, if any, went through the ice this year ? Seems like we had a bumper crop last year and I don't recall hearing about any this season.

03-25-2005, 01:22 PM	#1
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The Fish and Game Department says… Bobhouses to be off the lake by April 1st…

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pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	good question That is a really good question. i wonder how many bob houses are already at the bottom of the lake from previous years and if these are found to be sunken hazards in the more shallow part of the lake. Does Bizer or Duncan ever do any research to find out if there are bob houses causing hazards? I can only imagine that this would be a very difficult task. jmp

03-25-2005, 10:06 PM	#4
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Bobing for bobbi's I'll guess a couple get caught out every year but I don't think they usually end up as a hazard. Wave and wind action eventually sweep them, and more likely their pieces, onto shore somewhere. I don't recall finding anything that I would say came from a bob house on my shore though I have seen tree parts and dock pieces. It's these that I've also seen floating about in the lake during early boating season. You definitely want to be on the lookout in April and early May for these barely floating outdrive grabbers. on a tangent - how many cars, if any, went through the ice this year ? Seems like we had a bumper crop last year and I don't recall hearing about any this season. __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

03-25-2005, 03:10 PM	#2
Island Time Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	so any idea how many of these shacks actually fall into the lake each year? Is it really the desire to ice ish as long as possible? or is it just laziness?