Rather Disappointing

SAB1 · 03-30-2015, 05:26 PM

A 16 inch 2x4 floating in the lake would do nothing to your boat. It has next to no mass and the majority of time the bow pushes it right out of the way.

SAB1 · 03-30-2015, 05:43 PM

I for one don't like seeing the trash left behind anymore than anyone else. It is appauling. The problem is some just don't care. Heck on trip into a public bathroom pretty much educates you on that. That is why I was saying something like a GPS tracker in a Bob House (maybe to far fetched) or a registration/permit system with local town clerks gets employed. Where you drop your ice house it stays. Doesn't move. Your required to submit the GPS coordinates to the Clerk to get the permit. As for the anchoring system with 2x4's I think the issue is a realitively small one. If it were a huge problem I would think F&G wouldn't allow it. Pretty much everyone on the lake knows the first couple weeks after ice out you should be on the watch out for debris and the throttle is pulled back a bit.

Phantom · 03-30-2015, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SAB1

A 16 inch 2x4 floating in the lake would do nothing to your boat. It has next to no mass and the majority of time the bow pushes it right out of the way.

I don't know what kind/ size of boat YOU drive, but I sure as heck don't want to hit a 16" anything at 45MPH ( the legal limit

).

Get serious, it "has no mass" ...... Clearly you've never taken a Hull hit !

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MikeF-NH · 03-30-2015, 06:27 PM

I think F&G could do something about it but am not sure they are inclined to spend the man hours with an already understaffed force to deal with it.

For starters, they could drop in to places like Merideth and Alton Bay and provide "education services". This would involve telling shanty owners that this year we are taking coordinates and ownership details and fining people for trash left on their coordinates. The fine doesn't have to happen and is probably unenforceable but it may reduce the issue.

As for the 2x4s - maybe they could criminalize using anything that floats as runners to keep shanties above the ice. Cinder blocks or better yet...rocks would sink and might be a better solution. If they didn't want to criminalize 2X4s then require that they be rendered to 1 foot sections via a chain saw before leaving the site.

I ice fish and will be unpopular for saying this but I'd like to see those season long shanties banned. People can use them but no overnight stays. Portables would fit the need and by having everyone mobile it would stop the bickering over who owns the ice and would stop a lot of this season-long littering that seems compulsive. It will never happen because of the "tradition" but even threatening the legislation and spreading the word may get some of these litter bugs to start policing themselves to save their pastime. I look at it this way....having a shanty all winter on the ice is a privilege and one that can be taken away if this can't be stopped.

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03-30-2015, 05:26 PM	#1
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,243 Thanks: 192 Thanked 329 Times in 239 Posts	A 16 inch 2x4 floating in the lake would do nothing to your boat. It has next to no mass and the majority of time the bow pushes it right out of the way.

03-30-2015, 05:43 PM	#2
SAB1 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tuftonboro Posts: 1,243 Thanks: 192 Thanked 329 Times in 239 Posts	I for one don't like seeing the trash left behind anymore than anyone else. It is appauling. The problem is some just don't care. Heck on trip into a public bathroom pretty much educates you on that. That is why I was saying something like a GPS tracker in a Bob House (maybe to far fetched) or a registration/permit system with local town clerks gets employed. Where you drop your ice house it stays. Doesn't move. Your required to submit the GPS coordinates to the Clerk to get the permit. As for the anchoring system with 2x4's I think the issue is a realitively small one. If it were a huge problem I would think F&G wouldn't allow it. Pretty much everyone on the lake knows the first couple weeks after ice out you should be on the watch out for debris and the throttle is pulled back a bit.

03-30-2015, 06:27 PM	#4
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	I think F&G could do something about it but am not sure they are inclined to spend the man hours with an already understaffed force to deal with it. For starters, they could drop in to places like Merideth and Alton Bay and provide "education services". This would involve telling shanty owners that this year we are taking coordinates and ownership details and fining people for trash left on their coordinates. The fine doesn't have to happen and is probably unenforceable but it may reduce the issue. As for the 2x4s - maybe they could criminalize using anything that floats as runners to keep shanties above the ice. Cinder blocks or better yet...rocks would sink and might be a better solution. If they didn't want to criminalize 2X4s then require that they be rendered to 1 foot sections via a chain saw before leaving the site. I ice fish and will be unpopular for saying this but I'd like to see those season long shanties banned. People can use them but no overnight stays. Portables would fit the need and by having everyone mobile it would stop the bickering over who owns the ice and would stop a lot of this season-long littering that seems compulsive. It will never happen because of the "tradition" but even threatening the legislation and spreading the word may get some of these litter bugs to start policing themselves to save their pastime. I look at it this way....having a shanty all winter on the ice is a privilege and one that can be taken away if this can't be stopped.

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