Did you ever fall through?

Last year at Lake Arthur ice was about 7+ inches and i tried to walk from the parking lot under the 522 bridge and i was walking towards the church and thought i had walked out far enough to miss the spring on the right side of the bridge. Well needless to say i never walked up far enough and thump straight through the ice ha needless to say i walked right back to the car warmed up for ten minutes and back onto the ice i went! i fished all day and caught one 3 inch bluegill! great luck eh

I fell thru at Lake Arthur too. I was out to the left of the 528 launch. I stayed and fished too. I think I went thru where the creek channel is.

Went through at Conneaut lake years ago. Ice was 10" or better. Weather had put down close to 3" on the way up, complrerly covering a BIG hole that some one made the day before. No creakin, no cracken, just "in you go". Thank God I was out with a friend and we had rope with us! And yeah, we stayed. Got some strange looks at the Burger King in Meadville as I was still peelin ice of my jumpsuit. You never know.

I'm glad this topic was brought up...it will put it in everybody's mind to be safe on the ice....an older guy fell through the lake a couple years ago at Moraine,and didn't make it...he was fishing alone....it's a good idea to have a rope and those hand grip ice picks [don't recall the proper name for them at the moment]...be safe on the ice

Ohio non resident license $40.00, ice shanty $300.00, rods and tackle $300.00, atv to get on the lake $5000.00, watching some idiots 2006 GMC 2500 crew cab go through the ice= PRICELESS!

while fishing with a buddy about ten years ago on the south end of pymy, i stood up to stretch my legs.  the wind grabbed the bucket i was sitting on and sent it tumbling north.  i chased the darned thing for at least a 1/4 mile before i caught up to it.  since i was closer to shore i decided to walk the shoreline back to where we were.  i was about ten feet off shore when i went through.  though i hardly got wet (up to my waist), my butt was in a puckered postion for at least six hours.  i have only been out once since that happened. 

I was checking the ice at Wilhelm (Shantytown area) several years ago. I walked down over the hill with my auger, drilled, about 1 1/2 inches of ice. I turned around and started walking back up the hill, here comes a BIG guy walking down with all his equipment. I was concerned he'd have a heart attack walking back up from the lake, so I shouted at him that there was not enough ice to fish. He keeps on coming. We meet up, I told him there was only 1 1/2 inches. He said "Good, it built up some since last night". WTF? "Oh yeah, I fished last night". I told him he was crazy. He said he probably was as he went through last night and had a heck of a time getting out. I just shook my head and left.
 
Many, many years ago my dad and I were fishing on Horseshoe Bay in late March. Most of the bay was open. It was about 50 degrees and really windy. I kind of had a bad feeling when we pulled in and one of the houseboats had sunk. We were getting lots of fish, I wasn't paying much attention, when my dad told me to RUN!!! I start winding up my rod, he grabbed my coat and started pulling me. I grabbed my bucket, turned towards shore, and there was about a 3-foot break in the ice. We took off running and jumped the break. The Coast Guard had to rescue several people that day.
 
I carry a pair of el cheapo Phillips head screwdrivers with a hole drilled through each handle and a piece of parachute cord run through and knotted. I put the cord around my neck and carry the screwdrivers inside my coat. Long nails work also. Better to be safe than dead. Hypothermia is nothing to mess with.

here comes a BIG guy walking down with all his equipment. I was concerned he'd have a heart attack walking back up from the lake, so I shouted at him that there was not enough ice to fish. He keeps on coming. We meet up, I told him there was only 1 1/2 inches. He said "Good, it built up some since last night". WTF? "Oh yeah, I fished last night". I told him he was crazy. He said he probably was as he went through last night and had a heck of a time getting out. I just shook my head and left.

 
 
bis, sure does make you wonder about some folks, don't it?

About 33 years ago I wanted to go ice fishing on the bay, which for me at that time was the first time in Erie on hard water. Was told by a couple of fellows a good spot to fish out off Perry Mounument, heading out towards the Public Dock about 75 yards off shore and went through up to my waist. It was a long walk/run back to the parking lot, snow on the ground and was not sure if I should take my knee high boots off and run with my socks on. Just ran for the car and emptied out my boots in the lot.
 
That was some of the worst pain I had ever felt. I did not set foot on the ice for over 20 years. It was slush over the ice. I will not go out on the ice untill it is over 4" thick.