MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Good to hear the strikers work well. I had always heard they didnt have as much bouancy as artic armor, and wandered how well they work. Maybe this summer i will jump in the lake with mine. Glad to hear you made it out ok. As a side note if im on early or late ice a lot of times i put my cell phone in a zip lock baggie. My thought has always been that maybe i can make a quick call should i go in. Of course im usually with a buddy at that time but still doesnt hurt to try to keep a phone dry. You can also use your phone just like normal while its inside of a zip lock.
Glad all is well. Now, to finish the story. Did you retrieve the tip-ups, and did they have fish on the other end??? We need to know LOL...
question, when you fell was it fast or did the ice slow you? and did your face ever go under or was your fall too slow to allow that?i fell in once and saw the ice plate twice, once going under and the other coming back up and i fell very fast. i had my aa parka on and insulated jeans.would be good to pass this onto the rest of the crowd too.
thanks wax_wormthe bibs stopped the fall well then.like i said i went threw and saw the ice twice with the artic armor parka on.glad he's ok!it is a rush to have happen. some one wearing just the coat fell in twice recently and called 911 the second time because he couldn't pull him self out after he was water logged form the first fall. he knows to crawl or roll now to get away from the bad ice after getting out.
Wax, are you sure it was the suit that kept him from sinking?
I think testing suits is bad and good. Good to show how well they work and Bad that they might give a person to much confidence. Suits are one of those items you hope you never have to use in that way. but are worth every penny when you do. Sounds like you had a good plan except for the cell. Did you think you might want to call some one while in the drink? Glad your able to write about it.
Got one out the other two sank I put signs out along shore and public access warning of bad ice. I hsvnt seen any zctivity.
This might be the single dumbest thread I've ever read on this site, seriously!
Anyone have the Predator, is it the same as the Climate just without the inside jacket, is the inside jacket overkill? Just wandering is the Predator enough to get by on for warmth without layering up? I'm not knocking them they don't seem real thick, is this technology working for us, thinner being warmer?