11-16-2017, 08:36 PM
I was fishing alone on a Utah Reservoir one February day. 2 other guys were fishing a tiny bit of open water near the inlet. The ice was 8 or 10 inches thick and all was well for the better part of 4 hours. Then a gravel pit did a series of blasting and it all went to heck in a handbasket. About 25-30 feet of what had been solid ice all the way around the reservoir became 1 foot pieces. It simply shattered. I hollered to the guys on shore that I was in a pickle and was going to the far end to see if I could get off safely. They agreed to wait for me. I finally found a spot where the good ice was 12 or 15 feet from shore. So I chucked my equipment across and swam. It all worked out and I didn't have to be rescued. Just had a soggy ride home.[
] I felt like a polar bear on the ice cap for a bit there.
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] I felt like a polar bear on the ice cap for a bit there.[signature]