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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: Gunflint on Nov 13, 2020, 03:40 PM
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I have been reading all the posts about finally getting out and, at times, what is being described seems a bit sketchy.
Just curious on how many might have been a little too over zealous to get out.
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Guilty!
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Where i am there is always going to be someone out when there is safe ice
So at first ice while i drill holes to check the thickness my rule is if there is nobody out there i don’t go out there
But if there isn’t people I would wait a couple nights after they fully freeze over
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I stopped falling through when I bought a spud😋
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No ice here yet although I did get wet launching the boat.
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No ice here yet either :%$#!:
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My rule for first ice is to go fishing with Fat Bob and send him first. If he sets up all his tip-ups with an issue then I generally get out of the truck and set mine up.
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My rule for first ice is to go fishing with Fat Bob and send him first. If he sets up all his tip-ups with an issue then I generally get out of the truck and set mine up.
Good Ole Fat Bob!!
Much better than a spud.
A true and useful friend.
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😂🤣🥶
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I stopped falling through when I bought a spud😋
Its a crazy magical piece of metal isn't it? I lost one after several years of it saving my arse and it was like losing a good friend.
That said, where is there ice, I assume Minnesota? The work from home stuff means I can be anywhere I want with a internet connection..."working"
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Northern Ontario here and it was 20 celcius on Monday (70f). I had the boat out all week lol.. Wish we had some iice but she's a ways off yet..
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I've been avoiding ice like the plague. :P
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I got up to about 10,000ft here last Wednesday and found ice. Fell thru twice on the edge checking 3 different lakes. Sank up to my knee in mud. We rarely fish deeper than 4-5fow so it's usually nothing to be to worried about. What killed it this year was the ice didn't form enough (1.5in) before it got snowed on so it is well insulated now.
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Hi I'm fat bob anyone want to take me fishing? lol
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😂😂😂
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Plenty of ice up here, if my back wasn’t out I’d probably be dragging out the hardside right now. I don’t usually fall through the ice until late season when the ice starts to get rotten in current areas. To fish my one spot the ice always stays thin due to current and there is usually open water even at -40 so I am always cautious but it does happen from time to time. I don’t have a fat bob so if anyone wants to loan me one at the end of the season I’d appreciate it.
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Don't have a Fat Bob but I do fish with Nate(300), John(275), Big Eric(325) and a guy called Ballast who goes atleast 350. Would one of them do? Though shipping costs could get expensive. ;D ;D ;D
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Don't have a Fat Bob but I do fish with Nate(300), John(275), Big Eric(325) and a guy called Ballast who goes atleast 350. Would one of them do? Though shipping costs could get expensive. ;D ;D ;D
Sounds like you have some wonderful and valuable friends. Very fortunate gift for new ice, especially as a group. Makes fat Bob seem like a piker.
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Yea great bunch to fish early and late ice with especially since I weigh 185. Unfortunately for me the guy I probably go with the most weighs like 115 so I guess that makes me his Fat Bob. ;D ;D ;D
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Uncut Angling
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FAT BOB? .....hey is that why my fishing partner always lets me go out first..... and all this time I thought he was just being nice.... Hahahahaha
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i spud and require 3 good wacks. i've only fallen in on old ice. in 4' of water. in a scenario where i expected it may happen and prepared accordingly.
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Well, according to that video, Aaron needs a hefty new friend - perhaps someone can introduce him to Fat Bob.
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I like Aaron's videos but I've never seen him using a spud...not sure why. In any event I am glad he's ok.
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I broke through a puddle that had a half inch of ice today at work. Does that count?
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I broke through a puddle that had a half inch of ice today at work. Does that count?
Did you have a spud?
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Walking cattails pheasant hunting and had one boot go through yesterday only about 6 inches of water no lakes with ice yet around here. But have not tried up high in the mountains just wait for ice down low so I can chase the perch and walleye around.
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Me and a few buddies fell in a couple weeks ago. It was only about 3' of water. had about 2-3'' of ice. Fortunately we had waders on :)
Made taking the pier out a SOB !
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Were you with Fat Bob??
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I haven't fell through on early ice.......ever.
But if I do.....it's always close to shore by the weed lines early ice for me.
I did break through the ice once on my 4 wheeler. It was dark, and I was trying to find the boat ramp I came out of on my way out. So I was driving about 20 ft from the shore line......all of a sudden.....crack.....d ropped into 2.5ft of water. Ice was thin since warm water was shooting out under the ice from a tile line. Luckily I was able to unhook the flip over and turn the 4 wheeler where I ramped it up the ice sheet that broke under me towards thicker ice farther out. Was set up to my knees and the 10min drive back to the truck sucked........now I use GPS to find my way back vs driving along the shore line.
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That sounds far too exciting. Did you lose any stuff?
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Just a pair of really comfy underware. Loud crack and a drop....
The only time that scared me worse then that was the upper red trip on 12/19/2016. We were out fishing and a breaker came through. Shook the wheel house.....opened the door only to see the ice buckling and pushing up about 25yrds away...and a 2 foot crack opening to the north of up us thinking **censored** is gonna happen.
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I use a 50 foot rope to pull my sled when on sketchy ice. I for sure don't want to worry about my gear when I go in. If I have a buddy, we stay that far apart, and hold on to the rope so we won't have to throw it if one or the other goes through.
Another good thing about taking a buddy- chances of 2 people having bad judgement at the same time are very low. One or the other of us has always chickened out before we fell in.
Alone, my record is not perfect...
Maybe it is just me :(
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Did you have a spud?
hrmmmm I use an axe as well. haha
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I like Aaron's videos but I've never seen him using a spud...not sure why. In any event I am glad he's ok.
He uses an axe
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i used an axe for a long time and got wet more than a handful of times because of it. The spud is a way more efficient and effective tool for keeping your body above the ice.
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i used an axe for a long time and got wet more than a handful of times because of it. The spud is a way more efficient and effective tool for keeping your body above the ice.
Without question. I've only seen him use an ax a couple of times in his content. Funny thing is he has every bit of gear one could want but no spud?
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Drowned. Yesterday or today there was a man who fell through the ice and drowned at a pond at Fort Peck, Montana. Said he was trying to rescue his dog that had fallen through. Said he was a fishing guide. The article is on Montanaoutdoorradio program web site. Prayers for the family. Whitetail
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I haven't fallen through any new ice. I just fall through the same old ice I always fall through. .
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I haven't fallen through any new ice. I just fall through the same old ice I always fall through. .
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Very honest