10-19-2007, 01:26 PM
NEVER fish alone.
Tube Dude said it all.
Me? I'm Mr super safe. I've had a kid in tow for years now and I have to be. I seldom get very far from the crowd, I follow their paths onto the ice, I walk where they have walked. I prefer to walk in fresh 4 wheeler tracks, that makes me feel safe.
I would follow Tube.
I used to be pretty risky, At that time I pretty much carried my own rescue gear I wore neoprene waders and a Pfd. I had a large inner tube that I had a 100' rope attached to. I would just tow it along with 95' of rope trailing. What ever other stupid beings I could get to venture on the thin ice with me had to have the same gear. Never get more than 5' from the end of the other guys rope, never stand together.
We basically had the attitude that we would fish until one of us went through the ice and then we would go home.
We got real good at feeling bad ice, right quick. We got good at jumping on the tube and yelling, "Pull me back".
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Tube Dude said it all.
Me? I'm Mr super safe. I've had a kid in tow for years now and I have to be. I seldom get very far from the crowd, I follow their paths onto the ice, I walk where they have walked. I prefer to walk in fresh 4 wheeler tracks, that makes me feel safe.
I would follow Tube.
I used to be pretty risky, At that time I pretty much carried my own rescue gear I wore neoprene waders and a Pfd. I had a large inner tube that I had a 100' rope attached to. I would just tow it along with 95' of rope trailing. What ever other stupid beings I could get to venture on the thin ice with me had to have the same gear. Never get more than 5' from the end of the other guys rope, never stand together.
We basically had the attitude that we would fish until one of us went through the ice and then we would go home.
We got real good at feeling bad ice, right quick. We got good at jumping on the tube and yelling, "Pull me back".
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