11-19-2018, 05:26 PM
Well, probably depends on your abilities, risks your comfortable taking and the level of safety your comfortable with... I love to go alone at times, but when I go alone, I act a lot different than I do with someone else that call help pull my stupid carcass out of the drink.. I up my caution level and try not to do anything I consider to be high risk.... Now to some of us that high risk level is different than others.... I know a lot of folks that don't want to try ice until there's 8".... Well last year you may not have gotten on the ice at all if that was your comfort level... As for me, I like 4" of ice to start feeling some what confident that I won't go through... more is of course better, but I'll fish 4" on most ponds.. Some like Bear Lake still make me pucker at that thin of ice since there are so many weird pressure ridges happening out there... I'll fish it, but I won't feel confident... so that means I'd like to have others around me in case something goes wrong... Now there is one thing about ice fishing that is really cool, that is, you can go with a group of many fishermen and spend time visiting with lots of folks, unlike a boat that you're limited to just a few... So that is fun at times too... but when you want to catch good quality fish, I prefer to be limited in numbers where I'm at so the fish don't spook from the noise and they will still bite freely.. So you wondered where the line is? Well I'm probably on the stupid side of the line... Later J
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