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SeaDog1
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 Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject: Safety Equipment |
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Hi,
Of all the ice fishing safety equipment -> the one that gets the least amount of attention is the Whistle.
A whistle is required on all PFD's.
WHY? -> Because the sound of a whistle will carry much much further then the human voice.
Also it's much easier to blow a whistle then to scream and yell.
So, besides your picks and rope -> get a whistle -> it could very well help save your life!
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PECo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:38 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Also it's much easier to blow a whistle then to scream and yell. |
Well, not really. 
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perfect hook set
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:40 am Post subject: |
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well it woould get a persons attention but, many may ignore it
a whistle doesn't mean come help either
so unless a person living around the water or a person already fishing is really paying attention AND knows that a whistle blown on the ice means HEEEELP
it may not be so helpful
on the other hand the more attention you can get the better
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
A whistle (by USCG definition) is a sound appliance to get attention.
That is what it is there for and required on PFD's.
Strictly an attention getter -> and "It Works".
The sound of a whistle will carry farther then the human voice and will get your attention very fast.
When there use to be traffic cops, they used a whistle to get your attention over the dim of traffic.
Good example is in the movie "Titanic" where the girl uses a whistle to get the attention of the rescue boart.
I guarantee you 100% -> That if I blow my whistle while on the ice -> Your head is going to snap straight up looking to find where it came from 
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DirtyDawg10
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | 3-blasts from the whistle is an Internationally Recognized Distress Signal |
Didn't know that but now I do. For the cost of a whistle and the possibility it could save your life it makes sense to get one. I always carry one with me on the ice and in my yak. |
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PECo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:30 am Post subject: |
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Hey, Stephen, if we were to fall through the ice together, I guarantee that I'd scream and yell much more easily and quickly than you'd blow your whistle! 
Seriously, though, I'm considering wearing some kind of a self-inflating PFD while ice fishing, now.
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Hi Phil,
Hmmmmmm?
Well I have heard your high pitch whoop and hollar when you catch a fish! LOL 
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