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« on: February 28, 2021, 03:41:14 PM »
No ice is safe ice first and foremost. Never go on ice less than 4” and always wear all safety equipment spikes, ice picks, spud bar, float suit, whistle. Having a life jacket on or a throwable flotation device and rope also a good idea. Always let someone know when and where you’ll be fishing and what time your coming back and/or try not to go out alone. Always spud your way out don’t assume because someone else said it’s safe or that other people are already out there that it’s safe. Stay away from water intakes and discharge areas as well. If you do fall in when you pull yourself out with ice picks DONT stand up immediately roll or crawl away from the hole in the direction that you headed from as that ice is presumably safer.