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 Member Posts: 2680 Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Got A REAL CHILL yesterday while ice fishing. And so soon after fishing guide Jim Hudson's tragic accident on Lake Superior it makes me wonder how I ever avoided some serious accidents myself in my younger/more carefree expeditions on the ice. I Met my buddy at Northwoods Wholesale Outlet in Pinconing at 6:30am sharp yesterday morning. Picked up shiners there because it was closer to his house and our fishing destination. We were the first 2 vehicles to arrive and parked right on the ice. It was -4 degrees when I jumped on the back of my buds 4 wheeler for the short 2 mile ride out. Riding behind on the rack and being a tad higher up and exposed then him, the wind chill was brutal even at a slow speed. We jumped on the main trail out and ahead in the distance, I could see 4 very huge ice pile up's that blended into the clouds on the horizon. That along with the shoreline outline made it look like we were riding into a very huge canyon or sorts. We got to our spot, drilled 4 holes into 16+ inches of ice and began setting up. My bud then pointed and told me that only a little ways past and to the right of the ice jams was open water the day before when he was fishing and did so well. The frigid over night temps and the fresh snow made it all blend in almost seamlessly, so knowing this recent fact was priceless in case we wanted to re-locate. Anyway's we started to catch a few very nice perch but the action slowed quickly by 11:00am. So around that time I stepped outside to take care of some business. I see this guy clipping along off the main trail on a snowmobile at about 50 MPH as he passed us maybe 100 feet away. He was heading right to where it was open water the day before. So I ask my bud how far he had to go before he hits the new ice and right then the sound of his machine changes drastically. I watch his progress and can now see a very distinct black line being created behind his machine by open water as the guy now really get's on the gas hard. His machines azz end is breaking through and he knows it. His machine is screaming now with only the front ski's, and his tracks speed and momentum keeping him up. But still he's slowly making a very long and wide circle and barely makes it back to safe ice. If that guy would have went down where he was, there was no way we could have helped him. Maybe with a 911 phone call and that's about it. This is the type of thing and the circumstances we talk about here on the board a lot. This guy was very lucky for 1 that he was not on a 4 wheeler and 2 that he was not pulling anything behind his machine when this happened. And very lucky he simply did not let off the gas when he realized he was breaking through.  Attachments ----------------  002.JPG (132KB - 119 downloads) 003.JPG (133KB - 136 downloads) 005.JPG (148KB - 133 downloads) | ||
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