The Twilight Zone....

[Fishing_Fool]

Well, I finally have a bad ice fishing experience to talk about, after 20 plus years of ice fishing.

I took my 70 year old dad to a small lake in the north metro last night and had the absolute trip from hell...

1. After slowly proceeding across the slickest ice I've encountered in years. I proceed to start drilling a few holes.. Somewhere between hole 3 and 4 I spun like a top and landed on my left shoulder, auger on top of me..... Deepest bruise I've had since high school football. But no big deal right...

2. My wife insists that I carry the cell phone out on the lake with me in case there is an emergency, (even thought I hate bringing it with me!) wouldn't you know I bend over to pick up a minnow and I hear splash, oops there goes my $150 cell phone down the hole!

3. I decided that because of all the slipping and falling I would bring the auger back to my truck before the rest of the gear... No problem, make it in and out uneventful trip. But upon returning my dad tells me how a gust of wind hit the Clam pushed the spreader pole inwards and knocked him and the house over..... One problem the Mr. Heater that was burning in the middle... Despite a galiant effort from my father to stop the shack from getting burnt, there is a baseball size hole in the door! Damm!

4. All of this would have been worth it if we would have caught one fish! But no, ended up getting skunked.... Could mark them all you wanted but couldn't make them bite!

Despite all of this I am ready to go again! What is wrong with the outdoorsman? One has a misserable experience and laughs it off and goes again!

By the way, we still had a blast, times spent with your dads fishing (whether catching them or not) are the best times of our lives..... Cherrish them you never know when they will be taken away from you!

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---Drill your hole farther away---

[Guest]

These are the stories your grand kids will love! Keep your head up and keep fishing.
Maybe if you call your cell phone some of those darn fish will answer and tell you what kind of bait they want. LOL

[SpikeRoberts]

Big eyes,
I tried that when I dropped my phone in Phalen last winter. They told me I had the wrong number

[Fishing_Fool]

Not a bad idea Mr. Eyes, trying that number. Yeh I know I will enjoy telling my 18 month daughter about this trip when she's older and her grandpa's gone.

Keep Fishin'

Fishing_Fool

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---Drill your hole farther away---

[prophet]

ff i feel for ya,i'm just about done with a 12 hour shift and reading your post is the first time i smiled all day,sorry about the
poor outing with your dad but it was still
quality time spent,glad to hear your ready to go again

[WALTERCRAFT]

FISHING FOOL, SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE POOR LUCK OUT THERE BUT LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, THAT LAKE OWES YOU BIG TIME. HIT IT AGAIN.
I HAD A LATE FALL TRIP ON MILLE LACS IN OCTOBER AND AFTER CATCHING 2 SMALL PIKE AFTER TROLLING UNTIL 2AM WE HEADED BACK TO THE LAUNCH. MY BUDDY BACKED THE TRUCK UP AND WHEN I WAS LEANING OVER THE BOW TO HOOK UP MY CELL DROPPED INTO 2FT OF H20. MY BUDDY SAW THIS AND DIALED MY PHONE # FROM HIS PHONE, THE WATER BEGAN TO GLOW. THERE WAS A GUY ON THE DOCK WHO HAD COME FROM THE BAR TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE WERE CATCHING. HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID WITH A SMILE "CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?" IT WAS SO FUNNY I ALMOST SPLIT MY SIDE.