We are all careful at first ice and late ice, but when it's 10-15" everywhere sometimes we get lazy and complacent. Don't do that! Fished Nimi this morning for a few minutes and never got a lure in the water. Just loaded my shanty and charged out on the ice and started drilling holes. Didn't want to bother with ice cleats, left them in the truck, huge mistake!! Got all my holes drilled and started back to my shanty and fell hard! Now my elbow is black and blue, I hit my head on the ice and have a headache. Dropped my gas auger, it got tangled in my leg on the way down. Fortunately my auger was fine and nothing got damaged by the sharp blades. But everything on my body hurts!
Lesson learned! Always take every precaution before venturing out on the ice! Safety first every time, don't do what I did. We all know better!
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