Ice Fishing safely
photo courtesy of Bing
Growing up in Northern Minnesota ice fishing was as much a season as the traditional winter, spring, summer or fall. It fell between winter and spring when the temperatures dropped the lowest. No true Minnesotan hasn’t spent some hours sitting around a hole cut in the ice with a rod and reel sunk through it. You and the hole both surrounded by a small ice house about the average size of an out house but decked out to be its owner’s private ice house man cave.
It is a right of passage to break all the reasonable safety rules and do donuts on the frozen ice of the lake with either an automobile or a snowmobile. When ice thickness reaches 12-16″ thick the lake is considered safe to drive on…. but it is never safe to intentionally spin your vehicle! Just the idea of walking upon a frozen lake assures some from the southern USA and European countries that these northern folks must be a bit insane. That one would enjoy sitting in this little hut in the cold fishing must indeed be a true fishing fan,
So if you’re among those die hard fans doing so safely is important. See an article below with safety information geared toward ice fishing and an info graph detailing what to do if the ice beneath you should give way.
Ice Fishing safely
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