Written by ABC. Won’t read it because I can’t believe it
You know, Joe once had to fight off IcePop......
Sounds like a very dangerous situation, one this group didn’t do much planning for. Lucky that enough people were idlly gazing at how the piece of ice they stood on seemed to have ‘grown’ a little stream near the edge. That ‘stream’ kept getting wider and wider, soon to be over 30 yards in distance.
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpy Old Men
Ice fishing requires caution but you always have fishermen who push the limits of safety by going out on ice that's much too thin.
As a side note, if a rescue is performed, only the fishermen are picked up, their equipment is left behind. And if it involves shantys or snowmobiles, well, they're screwed. Shanty's require registration numbers so if they're not removed by the end of the season and end up in the lake, the owners receive a hefty fine by the DNR.
Globull warming.
Shouldn’t that be “fisherpersons”?
Good thing they weren’t bumped by the iceberg with the polar bear on it.
There are only two seasons in Northern Minnesota - Winter, and ‘Bad Ice”. Occasionally the latter can get to you.
There are actually two Red Lakes, Upper and Lower. They are joined by a fairly wide inlet. Together, they make up the largest inland lake totally contained in a single state. Both are quite shallow, leading to the relatively early freeze-up.
The Lower lies within the Red Lake Indian Reservation, as does much of the Upper. Fishing for non-tribe members is only allowed on the Upper, which I have done many times - mostly in the winter. We had a simple rule for driving on the ice: Only do it when there are lots of other tracks ahead of you.
My nickname when I lived there was “Jackpine Savage”, which I proudly proclaimed. Some consider it to be a derogatory name for the natives from there. I wore it with pride. Unfortunately, that name was taken when I joined FR, so I had to modify it a bit.
Winter trolling for walleye.