12-23-2019, 10:24 PM
Visited Echo State Park this morning. Got there at 8 and walked across to the west side towards the dam. Ice seemed pretty consistent all across. The pressure ridges looked scary but we went across them anyway with no problems. We fished for about 45 minutes and were looking for the perch with no luck so we decided to cross another pressure ridge. BIG MISTAKE!! My son and I both fell through up to our chests. Luckily we had ice awl's around our necks and were able to claw ourselves out! Please be careful out there where it's early in the season! The ice was a good 3-4 inches everywhere we checked but those pressure ridges are scary!
We ended up with one nice sized rainbow but obviously had to leave.
Good luck out there and be safe!
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We ended up with one nice sized rainbow but obviously had to leave.
Good luck out there and be safe!
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