Par for the course.

[hoggs222]

A buddy of mine drove by Coon Lake this afternoon. Some portables, a permanent and a car. People are nuts!

[WIFisher]

Youv gotta be kidding me...

[me_fathead]

Edit: oops...missed the whole CAR thing...

[gritsnham]

Wow how did they not go through...that is just crazy!

[chasineyes]

Anyone wanna take a bet that this weekend someone will go through either by foot or CAR!!!??

[Will]

Unbelievable! I'm worried about walking to some of my spots.

[dustin85]

as I was walking off of some 4'' ice today, a guy pulled his permy onto the lake right next to me with his truck....made me a little nervous :-)

[09ultra]

It takes all kinds

[Get_the_gaff]

If You drive a small enough car than 6" of good ice is fine. Since I was fishing a south metro lake yesterday on 5" I could have had my wheeler out pulling my shack, would that make me crazy? NO, it would mean I was the only guy who went out with a spud bar for an hour and checked the ice. I would know the ice is fine, but everyone who seen me would say that i'm stupid, especially since I was 100 yards from open water. Don't knock people unless you have personally checked the ice they are on. So sick of hearing people called crazy by people who won't walk out on less than 10" of ice!

[hoggs222]

I'm guessing that the guy didn't walk out with a spud bar, check the ice, walk back to shore and get his car and drive out.

DNR suggests 8-12" for car.

All I'm saying is that new ice, snow on top and a car after a few days is a little bit risky.

I'm fine with walking out on 3+ inches, but I'm never the 1st guy to blaze a trail on the ice, which I consider nuts!

[vitalshot5]

Well Get_The_Gaf your just nuts for having that kind of thinking....just because you found 5" when you were using your spud surely doesn't mean the whole lake has 5 inches, early ice is very uneven and any sort of spring or small current leaves you with 1-2 inches instead of 5"....careless thinking and talking by people with mindsets like you puts our law enforcement in danger every year fishing out people and vehicles, If your tired of EVERYONE saying your nuts than maybe the majority is right and you should listen.

[Get_the_gaff]

Thanks vitalshot for repeating that to me for the 1000th time.(YAWN) I didn't say the whole lake had 5" did I!? I said I was fishing 100 yards from open water. I also said I spent an hour out there checking the ice, and since I have fished this spot for 25 years there is no worry about current or springs. I've been ice fishing early ice for 30 years and never had so much as a foot go in. Just because you're the majority doesn't make you right!

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I gotta say Get_the_gaff has a valid point. Its all relative, some people think its crazy to even touch foot on ice less than 4 inches but there are tons of people that think its plenty safe or would walk on less. How do we know this guy isnt a local who checked the ice daily and wasnt sitting on 10" of ice? We dont. The channel on Coon is one of the first places you hear about people fishing every year.

What it comes down to is be safe check ice conditions for yourself. I believe the majority of ice fisherman are smart enough to check ice conditions early and late in the year, some just are more comfortable on less, doesnt necesarily make them idiots.

[Get_the_gaff]

Thanks TurnUpTheFishing, thats all I was trying to say.

[minnbowhunter]

If You drive a small enough car than 6" of good ice is fine. would that make me crazy?

Yup, sorry dude, but I would'nt drive YOUR car on 6"

[mozy]

I could see it. Last Saturday there was 3" and I drove my truck halfway on the ice trying to break it and it held. There ice made some cracking noises, but it never broke through. I did it again today on about 7" of good clear ice and the ice didn't show any signs of cracking. I figure that's at least 3,000 lbs sitting on the ice. Now, while I would never recommend it, I could see a small ~2,500 lbs car traveling on 6-7" of ice and not breaking through. It all depends on how daring you want to be. I know plenty of people that won't walk on ice unless it's 2 ft. thick.