IceShanty.com's Ice Fishing Community
IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: Kov619 on Apr 09, 2015, 08:35 AM
-
March 7 ...3 fall in fishing on farm pond...in Iowa...ages 71,73, and 68. Names Earl Burkhalter, James Oshel and Charles Critz...we don't always know and when that trap door will open on late ice....very sad for friends and family not a fun way to go....at there age was not there 1st outing. 20 feet from shore...so please take note....plank walkers.....be safe think....
-
yes sir, so sad indeed.
i used to walk the plank and learned the hard way, but still alive to warn off others.
all the pain that causes for the survivors.
-
Very sad. God bless them, their families, and friends.
-
Sad to hear. Thoughts & prayers to all involved !!
-
One of those gentlemen was the Brother of my wife's cousin's wife. It was a shock to all of the family. he was a seasoned outdoorsman, and no one in the family understood why he would risk that "one more outing" with his experience. We had been having warm then cold weather, not always refreezing overnight, ice was not clear, hard ice, and was barely thick enough to hold a person, even if it had been clear hard ice. Just goes to show you, even years of experience can make mistakes, some more costly than others.
Always, always, be safe first, or it might be your last.
-
Farm ponds are the first to go when it comes to late ice. The small body of water warms a lot faster then the larger lakes. Prayers to the family.
-
Very sad. I remember it on the news when it happened. Being I'm the same age as the youngest one I says to myself old fool don't take chances and stayed off the ice.
-
Dread reading these stories every year...what a shame.
Condolences to all the families and friends.
-
Condolences to all the families! I fell through about 8-10 yrs ago and was lucky! I was able to get to the edge of an 10 ft area of shattered ice to get to some solid ice and got out. I had a very cold 1/4 mile walk back to the truck at the boat ramp parking area. Everyone else in the area followed me off the ice as soon as the pick up their gear. I DO NOT go on the ice now when the thaw starts in the spring.