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When I was a kid I went through the swamp behind my parents house. Up to my chest, but touching the bottom and was able to scoot out. Must have been late March and we had just got home from a trip - the snow was all gone and the ice looked far to inviting. I think I was too young to really be scared by what happened but when I got to the house soaked and slowing freezing over stinking from the swamp water my mother certainly found a way to put some fear into me.
About 27 years ago I lived in the metro -Detroit areawell was going out in the dark am with a buddy and young lad (was his first time on ice )there was approx. 2ft of black ice with no snow at all .In those days all had perm shanties on ice well they would cut long rectangle holes in ice and set decoys to spear large pike ,well I walked over a old hole that had refroze about 6 inches solid well the piece broke and I went straight down under the ice in total darknesslet me tell you very scary feeling and look under the ice could not see the hole all looked the sameWhat saved me was the chunk that broke and went down with me, was like a giant ice cube it hit me betweenmy inner thigh and groin (had a bruise that lasted for few weeks, sore as hell) When I made back to the top of hard waterI did not to ruin companions I was with fishing day so when we made it to our shanty got stove started stripped down to undies hung clothes and fished all day they fished outside and I stayed in to warm ,dry my clothes and lick my wounds lolVERY SCARY MOMENT but those were the days brings back lot of memories have not thought of in yearsSTAY SAFE AND FISH HARD WATER
Who has fallen through the ice and has lived to fish again?