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The warden, Dana Joyal, deserves major respect for risking his own life to recover the guy. I've talked with him more than a few times-- he's a good one.
Don't beat yourself up Trout crazy, you had no way of knowing the man was already in the water. Even a warden was unable to make a rescue, almost taking his own life trying the rescue. The only ice that I will be on is ice with less than four feet of water below, and typically only two or three feet.