OK, No more falling through the cracks.

[BigDogRob]

OK, thinking there is enough of us here that can agree... No more falling through the ice! (Or at least no pics) If it keeps happening, I may not be ice fishing this year. The MRS may ground me. Sure is nice to see some December weather again! Below zero several nights after Christmas!

[kelly-p]

Today I watched with the glasses as a truck pulling a wheelhouse went 2 1/2 to 3 miles across the middle of the lake where nobody except wheelers or sleds had gone before. THEY NEVER EVEN STOPPED ONE TIME TO CHECK THE ICE!!! They must have just assumed/took for granted/guessed? that the ice was OK. They drove right across an area that is known to have shaky ice early in the season every year. As I watched them I hoped and prayed that I was not going to see that truck disappear. If fishermen keep taking stupid chances like that it is only a matter of time before there is a tragedy.

[Boar]

I agree, no more. If it keeps hapining it wont be to long be fore the DNR tells us when we can go on the ice, they all ready tell us when to take houses off.

[bturck]

How are YA doing Kelly? Do you miss it yet?

[maros91]

I was there yesterday out of Hillmans and couldn't believe trucks with wheelhouses were parked dang near on the ice heave.

[kelly-p]

How are YA doing Kelly? Do you miss it yet?

I miss parts of it but not the worrying about the customers. Blizzards, bad ice, slips and falls, stoves not working, carbon monoxide, and all the other things that could go wrong. The emotional part of it was harder then the physical part. It's hard to sleep at night when you have people on the lake when it's -30 and a blizzard.

I fished the first time yesterday scouting for Beacons. 18 inches of ice where I was, 7 feet of water and plenty of fish.

The truck I saw go across the lake yesterday had to have crossed the pressure somewhere along the east side.

[cookie129]

We fished 8 feet last friday morning just north of hillmens road and had 3 keepers in 1/2 hour. Then the guys went scoutting while I attended customers

[bturck]

Hope to see on the 26th, stop by if see my Yukon next to one zjohns houses. Hope you all have safe and Merry Christmas

[BigDogRob]

Yep, proven fact that people can be a lazy bunch...I hope we don't have a tragedy, but the way it's going that may be what it takes to get people to start thinking...then again people will just say, "they got what they deserved, or must have been doing something wrong!" One of the biggest reasons we stop to see where we should be or avoid!!! Road personnel should be treated with high regard...even when the fishing is slow! they still have just as much work to do!