100 Mile Snow Safari Forum

[QUOTE=Jim;6704][/QUOTE]

this thread sure took a crappy turn...

Someone dropped a pickup through off north shore of Lake Winnebago Saturday in front of Waverly Beach, fell in the drink up to the door handles. (later removed) There were no vehicles going out very far, some running the shoreline on the ice. Not a good idea!

Nice pic to show the dangers of (early or any) ice.

[quote=Matt;6716]this thread sure took a crappy turn... [/quote]Funny.

I knew some guys in Mosinee, WI that fished on a back slough off the Wisconsin River. They'd head out on 2" of ice. Of course, you'd want to avoid that "false channel" where the ice was much thinner, and take the long walk around to the point. Every year, there was someone going through the ice, and sometimes more than once! I never (knock on solid ice) fell through, but came close once, when I had a leg go through. The back slough was very shallow, and for the most part not over your head. But we used to pull some monsters out of there. My 40" Northern Pike came from there. They had a 40/30 rule. 40" on Northerns, 30" on Walleye. Everything else got released.

the rivers are always tough to judge, because of all the current.. Just gotta be careful, no matter what kind of water you on top of..