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eyellaw

Posted 2/25/2007 10:24 PM (#51797)
Subject: bay claims another

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Location: Otterlake MI

i,m sad to say that on sat (2-25-07) three fisherman/snowmobilers went through the ice all three made it out alive two by the help of the coastguard one sawm to safety fifteen min. ago i learend one of the persons did from hypotermea(sp) also on fri (2-24-07) two pepole were went through in yhe same spot as the ones sat they are both alright with all the wind we have had please becareful when out there fishing as the carcks are opening and closeing i know this from first hand experiance as i was out there sat and crossed the crack maybe a foot wide and came back in to the crack pushed up about four foot high i was about four miles north of were the pepole went throug (linwood)

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walleye express

Posted 2/26/2007 6:32 AM (#51800 - in reply to #51797)
Subject: RE: bay claims another

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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay.

Seems my observations on Saturday of the CG helicopter flying over my house were true. That makes 2 dead this winter from those strange open spots. This is a terrible thing to watch and I'm afraid it's not over yet. As the word of the great fishing on the Bay spreads, we get more and more people from out of the area and the state coming here unaware of these open spots. Yet what can we do?

I have a theory about those spots this year. I feel that the water never did entirely turn over this fall on the Bay. The air and water temps stayed warmer longer than usual this winter, and the warmer waters didn't get a chance to cool down enough. Then as those surprise sub-zero temps froze the surface layers quickly, these slightly warmer layers pooled up. And those usual spots (us locals know about) that are always thin because of the Bays dynamics, heave these slightly warmer waters to the surface at these pinch points keeping them open.

Edited by walleye express 2/26/2007 6:38 AM

walleye express

Posted 2/26/2007 11:26 AM (#51812 - in reply to #51800)
Subject: RE: bay claims another

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Posts: 2680

Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay.

The longer one is in the water, the less your chances for survival.

Heres an idea for your ice spikes. Below is a picture of my helmet I wear out when ice fishing. Three years ago I took my own little polar bear swim, in that first crack out of Linwood road. I was in the middle of a freak storm that came up quick, had 40 MPH+ winds and churned up a white-out with 10 yard visibility. My GPS brought me back to the crack where I had went out earlier. But, the crak had opened about 3 feet, so I layed down my 4 foot aluminum skids to cross it. My dog sled caught the skids in the back, and when I gunned the 4 wheeler, the chains on the front caught the skids and pulled them away from the edge of the ice on the other side of the crack. Down the front end went in 7 FOW with me on the machine. I tried my best too get to my ice picks that went around my neck and under my suite, but could not do it. So I scrambled off the back of the machine and onto the dog sled and shanty attached to the back of each other. They also saved my 4 wheeler from going down. Some guys came along and got everything out of the crack. But I learned a lesson about where might be the best place for my ice spikes. My head was always above water and even though it may look goofy (and even more goofy when I wear it) the spikes are now where I can reach them under any circumstances.

Edited by walleye express 2/26/2007 11:28 AM

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