_________________ I Love My Fishing And NASCAR. But When There Is ICE On The Pond Bet Your Britches I Will Be There.
Bassin In The Summer Perchin In The Winter Mr. Green
Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT
Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:31 pm Post subject: LOL!
Now THAT's a video! As Kira will attest, I'm a cold weather wussie. But that almost makes me want to get out there and freeze my extremities off. _________________ Don't forget to wear sunscreen and don't litter!
Warm clothes / boots - waterproof gear is a bonus
a spud (like a bar to chop a hole or break through a frozen drilled fishing hole
ice cleats (for your boots) these are usually metal coils or spice used to grip the ice
spikes aka picks shown in seadogs SAFETY sample which will help pull you out of the water if you fall through _________________
I love the ice safety, but we just talk about it. I would love to get a class together around the first ice to help in this If You Fall In. You try, and if you cant get out I and others will. A safety class. How do we start something like this all?
I think this would be a great tool. I am in. _________________ I Love My Fishing And NASCAR. But When There Is ICE On The Pond Bet Your Britches I Will Be There.
Bassin In The Summer Perchin In The Winter Mr. Green
metalfish is intentionally breaking thru the ice and doing the RIGHT THING
He also knows that going out alone is not wise!
He's testing the ice for thickness and how fast the ice is forming!
Anyone venturing out onto ice should have an ice spud or chisel.
There is NO SUCH THING AS SAFE ICE -> EVER
Ice does not form uniformly and this is particularly true with 1st ice.
Also streams, creeks, underwater springs, anywhere that running water will occur will have much thinner ice cover then water that isn't.
When on early ice the rule of thumb is to test the ice every 10 feet by hitting it (in the same spot) 3 to 4 times.
If the spud/chisel punches thru -> ice is TOO THIN -> and BACK OFF the way you came
There are a number of safety things one needs to know and have before going ice fishing.
1. Have a plan and stick to it. -> Know the body of water you plan to fish
2. Let someone know where you will be fishing -> and how long you will be!
4. Ice picks and ice spud
5. Rope -> 50 ft. floating type
6. PFD -> Personal flotation device
7. Whistle as a signal device (Sound will carry farther than the human voice)
8. Change of warm clothing if you get wet.
9. Ice cleats for safe footing
10. Cell Phone in water tight container
The above items are essential and should always be observed
12/01/10 @ 5 PM
Rained all day and still is -> Temp up to 57 degrees here in the NW corner and still is
What little ice has formed is gone
Friday we'll be starting again from scratch and getting a stretch of good cold Wx
If the wind stays away we might see ice at or a little over 3" in a few days -> Let's hope that's the case
Again -> SAFETY FIRST -> Newly formed ice should be tested with a spud/chisel every 10 ft.
Joined: 09 Mar 2010 Posts: 1200 Location: central CT
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:56 am Post subject: Re: LOL!
PECo wrote:
tav1 - Naw, Kira always keeps a roll of TP in her tackle bag. Just take her along.
Phil...2 things -
1. Having TP readily available is the best gastric distress insurance policy one can have.
2. There's a 100% chance that you're totally gonna crack as soon as you read the ice reports & see pictures of us having fun and catching huge fish. I will say "I told you so."
Ian - I'll go to your safety class, but no way am I "falling in" intentionally.
Ryan - Hello & welcome to the site. Silver Lake is where you want to go.
Seadog1 - I have a hard time believing that anyone would drive their BMW on 8" of ice intentionally. _________________ Kira
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As Kira will attest, I'm a cold weather wussie. But that 
