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Ice Fishing Reports and Ice Conditions by lake. => Indian Lake => Topic started by: wballard77 on February 06, 2013, 01:58:02 PM
Title: Long Island Polar bear club instant member.
Post by: wballard77 on February 06, 2013, 01:58:02 PM
Walked out maybe 40' "checking as always" I stopped and hit the ice, and then a crack from that spud-bar hit to the last one. The next thing I know; I'm swimming and I didn't even have my SpongeBob arm floaties on.
P.S. thanks to everyone that came over to my truck to make sure that I was okay!
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Post by: Bonecrusher on February 06, 2013, 02:01:31 PM
You do have one hell of a spud bar lol. Glad you are alright man.
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Post by: wballard77 on February 06, 2013, 02:06:48 PM
I'm glad that's all I had with me. :)
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Post by: Salmonid on February 06, 2013, 04:09:12 PM
was that at the second pull off?? I was at the first pull off today, ( 10:30 - 1:45 and never saw any holes?? I might add that by the time we left, the surface snow was melting very fast and the amount of water on top of the 2.5" of ice was about 1" deep in spots so we scedaddled out of there but many more were still ariving as we left. we caught 15-16 gills between us and maybe 3 keepers in the batch. Spikes outfished waxies about 4 to 1 today. We seemed to have been doing as well as anyone else out there that we coud see, lots of smaller fish caught, 1 small perch and no crappies that we heard of. Its officially over.....
Glad your ok and we were in pucker mode all day....LOL A whole lot more cracking on the way out then was on the way in.... Salmonid
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Post by: toadfish on February 06, 2013, 05:03:03 PM
Bummer on the pucker factor and joining the polar bear club.
On a positive note, at least you and your gear survived the plunge!
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Post by: wballard77 on February 06, 2013, 05:43:20 PM
8am 1st pull off, Looking back I'm not sure how I got out. I didn't use ice picks, it happened very fast. I am 3 for 5 in the last 5 five years!
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Post by: slabslayer on February 06, 2013, 07:18:09 PM
Glad you're ok!! I'm a 2- time polar bear club member myself. Its a cold walk back to the truck!
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Post by: g on February 06, 2013, 08:28:19 PM
welcome to the club. i've joined it a few times myself. luckily it has been in shallow water each time. last time was 2 years ago at moundwood. went through and was back on the ice instantly. looked at the hole in thee ice and thought i know i went through how did i get out without knowing it? it does make for a long walk back. glad you are fine & didn't lose any gear.
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Post by: davidhoheisel on February 06, 2013, 08:33:33 PM
Glad your alright and it was shallow!
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Post by: wballard77 on February 06, 2013, 08:55:47 PM
nipple high ;D Last year I was on a bucket and went strait though feet last. Although its funny now but wasn't then. Every other time I have been walking. If you haven't tried it I highly do not recommend it!
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Post by: Ntoiceman36 on February 06, 2013, 09:01:48 PM
Wow,glad your ok!
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Post by: snowcone on February 06, 2013, 09:24:50 PM
wow reading that remindes me first time i went thru :P went under the ice and almost couldnt find the hole i went thru >:( was high school age didnt know s..t :o been thru 3 more once on a small river.....you would think i would learn.....RIGHT ?
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Post by: wballard77 on February 06, 2013, 09:42:21 PM
wow reading that remindes me first time i went thru :P went under the ice and almost couldnt find the hole i went thru >:( was high school age didnt know s..t :o been thru 3 more once on a small river.....you would think i would learn.....RIGHT ?
I haven't learned anything yet!
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Post by: swedish nipple on February 06, 2013, 10:56:20 PM
I haven't been through the ice luckily. But while fishing the vermilion river after ice off I have stepped into a few wash out holes that were deep enough to fill my chest waders without touching bottom. I fully understand the "I know I got out, but what happened" feeling. It isn't fun at all. And don't ever think that just because your cell phone is surronded by neoprene it won't get wet. Glad you got out safe.
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Post by: MDBuckeye on February 07, 2013, 01:20:34 AM
I'm the same swedish nipple. I've never been through the ice but one cold winter day while fly fishing in Utah I slid down a gravel bar and filled my waders. I didn't think I was coming up actually. Didn't lose anything but it was a cold ride back home in just my skivvies.
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Post by: wapak ice dawg on February 07, 2013, 07:49:16 AM
joined the polar bear club in the 90's, and it's never a good club to join. The next member might not be so lucky. I thought Tuesday 5 guys were going to join at the same time, the ice cracked, they just kept talking and never noticed water blowing out the holes under their feet, firefish alerted them and they casually walked away. My pucker factor rose to the nth degree as I thought we were going to have to rescue 5 at once.
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Post by: snowcone on February 07, 2013, 06:39:31 PM
same thing i filled my waders a couple times, it freaks you out . phone wasnt so lucky :P