MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
aviation deaths in 2015 was 560fatalities from car crashes in 2015 was roughly 19,000there are so few ice fishing related deaths that i haven't been able to find a national number for any year, let alone 2015.you're more likely to die driving to and from your fishing spot than while you're actually on the lake.just don't do stupid stuff. pay attention to ice thickness, and have a plan for what to do if you or someone else goes through. flotation is good, picks are necessary. always have a couple hundred feet of rope in the car, along with a change of clothes. if you make a plan for what to do if your house catches fire, why wouldn't you make a plan for any other emergency situation you might find yourself in?
Picks may be useful in some circumstances, but are outdated and overrated compared to floatation. Picks don't work well with snow cover on the ice, and picks don't work well when the ice keeps breaking in front of you! Picks are so 1950!Floatation is the way to go! Heavy snow cover? No problem, floatation will keep your head above the water so you can breathe! Thin ice keeps breaking when you pull yourself up with picks? No problem, floatation will keep your head above water when you're exhausted. Ice picks should be considered secondary to floatation, they won't keep your head above water if conditions aren't just right.You can easily die with a set of ice picks around your neck or in your sleeves if your head is under the water and you gasp for breath on the initial plunge, it's really sad that some people are too ignorant to understand this. Ice picks are nothing more than another pound of weight to drag you under the water if you don't have floatation!!!It would be interesting to see how many people have drowned without floatation and with ice picks around their neck or in their sleeves? I'm sure it's more than just a few.Do you want to float on the surface until help arrives, or would you rather claw at snow cover and/or thin ice until your clothes saturate with water and your muscles cramp and you succumb to the depths??? Think about it!
Ice picks are nothing more than another pound of weight to drag you under the water if you don't have floatation!!!
I'm not condoning being unsafe, but more people die in plane crashes than ice fishing I'm guessing..People die, all the time...<°)))>{
He said the ice was thin by the edge but got better a little further out. Further out? He walked out onto thin ice to check a little further out.
That's how all lakes are... Ice is always thin near the edge.If I judged a whole lake by the shore ice, I might never fish..<°)))>{
I must live on a different planet than you. I've always seen ice form against the shore first. If the water level changes after a lake or reservoir has capped, then the ice is thinner near the shore. I've often seen open water near the middle of a lake or reservoir when I'm standing on as much as 8 or 10 inches of ice.⫸<{{{{{ ⦇°>
Ice is always thinner near shore because it's closest to the warmer ground.. Also it's awfully hard to get 12 inches of ice in 6 inches of water..Point made..<°)))>{
Many have used planks, to get from the shore out to better ice..<°)))>{