Father and son fall through ice whiole fishing

[hookedonbass]

This happened in Illinois. They were pretty lucky.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-fallthroughice,0,7172321.story




Father and son fall through ice while fishing




Associated Press 5:33 p.m. CST, December 21, 2010






BANNER, Ill. —
A father and son fell through the ice Tuesday while ice fishing in central Illinois. Their identities and conditions were not immediately clear.

Authorities in Peoria County say both were taken to the hospital. The son remained submerged for a lengthy time before rescue divers brought him to the surface.

Rescue crews were called to the area around 4 p.m.

The pair were fishing at the Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area about 25 miles southwest of Peoria.

[hookedonbass]

That would be freaky as hell floating on a chunk out there in Green Bay.:scared:

http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/2-rescued-from--112260944.html


Coast Guard rescues 2 from floating ice chunk

WFRV News


Story Created: Dec 21, 2010 at 12:44 PM CST
Story Updated: Dec 22, 2010 at 10:18 AM CST

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) -- The Coast Guard rescued two people from a chunk of floating ice in the bay of Green Bay early this morning.

Two men from Illinois were ice fishing about a mile from the shore of Little Sturgeon Bay in Door County when the chunk of ice they were on broke off and floated away at about 1:30 a.m. this morning.

Luckily, the two men had working cell phones. They called 911 and were picked up by a 22-foot long, propeller driven, Coast Guard airboat about an hour and a half later.

"The ice out there definitely isn't stable," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Casey Garlow, who assisted in the rescue. "All it takes is for the wind to shift and things can go really wrong out there."

The fishermen were fine, and were evaluated by local EMT's on shore.

This was the Coast Guard's first ice rescue of the season.

"There's no certainty on the ice. Just like there's no certainty when you drive a car, you never know what is going to happen," Garlow said.

Garlow says both men were prepared. They had a working cellphone, a lantern, warm clothes and ice picks, they just didn't know about the thickness of the ice.

"The ice is 12 inches thick in areas," Garlow said. "The farther out you go, the thinner the ice gets."

The ice these men were on was only four inches thick. While this was the first ice rescue of the season, the Coast Guard expects many more.

On average the Coast Guard performs 10 ice rescues per year.

[gjb1969]

thats why i dont do ice no way :kooky::scared:

[williehookem]

The best thing to do is wait until it's at least 12" thick. I would never go ice 4" or less. What if that kid couldn't hold out? I'm surprised he survived.