MossRoad
Super Moderator
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
- Messages
- 60,213
- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
It's always a thrill!!!
Last winter we had a really cold snap. Went to my favorite lake. Ice was 6-8" thick everywhere with a light blanket of snow. Really good, hard ice. While walking out, I saw a maybe 1.5" dark hole in the snow. Uh oh. Walked over and saw water bubbling up out of the hole. Spring! In 30' of water! Ice was weak within about a 3' diameter circle there. Had it snowed just a little bit more, who know?
I always wear my ice picks around my neck like these. Mine has a whistle on the cord as well.
I carry a throw bag of rope in case I can assist someone else. And for the last few years I've worn a floating ice fishing jacket (persistent wife finally got me). I also put my vehicle keys in an interior zipping pocket. It would be a bummer to save yourself, make it back to the vehicle, then freeze to death because your keys fell out of your pocket.
Last winter we had a really cold snap. Went to my favorite lake. Ice was 6-8" thick everywhere with a light blanket of snow. Really good, hard ice. While walking out, I saw a maybe 1.5" dark hole in the snow. Uh oh. Walked over and saw water bubbling up out of the hole. Spring! In 30' of water! Ice was weak within about a 3' diameter circle there. Had it snowed just a little bit more, who know?
I always wear my ice picks around my neck like these. Mine has a whistle on the cord as well.
I carry a throw bag of rope in case I can assist someone else. And for the last few years I've worn a floating ice fishing jacket (persistent wife finally got me). I also put my vehicle keys in an interior zipping pocket. It would be a bummer to save yourself, make it back to the vehicle, then freeze to death because your keys fell out of your pocket.