11-22-2008, 06:32 PM
Grew up in Minnesota Icefishing. Here is what Dad told me.
You have to have something sharp to pull u out #1...that is how most die.
Most people just splash around tring to pull themselves up and out on the slick ice.
Dad always made me carry a long pole with a nail in it. Tie a rope to it to your waist and the middle of the pole if you want to be even safer as you will have a lifeline back to the hole.
Good for testing in front of you and if you fall in you have something to get you out with the pole or sharp nail.
I haven't been Icefishing in ten years since I moved here.....now I really want go.
Scott
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You have to have something sharp to pull u out #1...that is how most die.
Most people just splash around tring to pull themselves up and out on the slick ice.
Dad always made me carry a long pole with a nail in it. Tie a rope to it to your waist and the middle of the pole if you want to be even safer as you will have a lifeline back to the hole.
Good for testing in front of you and if you fall in you have something to get you out with the pole or sharp nail.
I haven't been Icefishing in ten years since I moved here.....now I really want go.
Scott
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