I guess I'll throw my two cent in for what its worth. I love to ice fish too, but I usually target warmwater species with my ice fishing. I'll occasionally chase a laker or two, but I'd rather get a mess of yellow or white perch given the chance. I just think that the salmon are too valuable to yank out of a hole onto the ice....I'd much rather see them tailwalking in May than flopping in Feb. Just my opinion.
As for as the TU guys making waters inaccessable by fly fishing only regulation, remember that FFO waters are accessible to all for the cost of a cheap fly rod. Just think how much it costs to access the salmon fishery in Winni.....An awful lot of money goes into managing a salmon fishery for a fairly small number of fishermen(women) who can ante up the cost of a boat, riggers, specialized tackle....the list goes on. I could look like I fell out of an Orvis catalog for much less than my salmon boat costs me each year!! Other than a couple of weeks in the spring when shore-based anglers can reach the salmon, it takes a lot of expensive equipment to chase salmon on the lake. This puts the salmon fishery out of reach of many of the anglers in NH. I'll bet the TU guys might feel that those salmon $$ would be better spent stocking rivers with brookies and rainbows.....It just seems a little more clear if you try to see it from both sides of the coin.

Well, I guess we are all right and all wrong at the same time, so I guess Fish and Game should continue to call the shots, listening to inputs from all of us.

Allot of very good points by all,

John S.
"Who's waiting for ice so I can watch the boys do thier thing, from a spectators view, too **** cold fer me"