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easy/free thing to make. throw rope-http://www.vententersearch.com/hittn-the-bottle/
I did something similar, but I hadn't thought about tossing the bottle with a weight in the bottom. I cut a hole in the bottom of a bleach bottle and ran the rope through, knotted and glued it on the outside. All of the rope gets pushed in through the pour spout except a loop that has a lead weight from an old kitchen sink pull out spout attached to it. If I had to deploy it, I would hold onto the handle and throw the lead weight that's tied to the loop. I wonder if throwing a weighted bottle would be easier for someone in the water to grab as it might float.
Never go in after them. Easier to fish out one dead body than two.
Having rope is great but it's extremely difficult to pull a person out if you don't have any traction on ice. Create an anchor point by tying the free end of the rope to a dowel, auger a hole in safe ice, and insert dowel into hole. And rather than wasting time tying knots, pre-install a carribeaner on the free end to slip onto the dowel.