Scuba diver under the ice surprises muskie fisherman on Waconia

[Shoot2Kill]

Luring "monster muskies" through the ice eh? Hope they mis spoke or that is a misprint.

Copied from foxnews online.

National Interest

Minnesota Ice Fishermen Catch Scuba Diver on Lake

Published February 04, 2011

FoxNews.com

A pair of ice fishermen thought they had caught a monster fish -- but they got an even bigger surprise than they bargained for at the end of the line.

Jason Mechtel and Jeff Klein went out on Lake Waconia in Minnesota to try and lure a monster muskie, but they quickly got a shock, MyFoxTwinCities reported.

“I mean, it didn’t take two seconds and this rattle reel went off,” said Klein.

Soon, every line was going crazy. The pair thought they had a monster fish pulling their lines out until they looked down.

“I literally almost had a heart attack,” said Klein.

A hand broke the surface of the water.

“I didn’t know what to do -- if I should shake it, or what,” said Mechtel.

A scuba diver whose safety line got snagged began sending rope up to them, and soon, they found their hook.

They removed the hook and sent the line back down, and were given a thumbs up by their aquatic acquaintance.

It turned out that three divers had gone into a hole just a short distance from where the two men were fishing, and had placed a flag indicating that they were down -- but the two fishermen had never seen one before and didn’t know what it meant.

The diver later came by to apologize and offered a couple beers as a peace offering, the fishers said.

[10,000 Casts]

that would scare the begeezus out of a guy.. all of a sudden a hand comes up through the hole, I would be thinking that the guy is in trouble down there..

[AWH]

There's a video clip from last night's news on channel 9's HSOforum. The part about them "trying to lure a monster muskie" is not correct. They simply thought that's what they had hooked into.

Either way, I hope they went home and changed their pants after that happened!

Aaron

[pureinsanity]

correct the video stats completely different than what the text story says. someoen near by SAW a big muskie and told them, doesn't mean they were trying for a muskie, or that the were not. leave it to the news to make it look bad!

[rymcneil]

funny!! Don't know why someone would be diving this time of year but whatever.

[mrklean]

probably divers spearing muskies jk

[pureinsanity]

funny!! Don't know why someone would be diving this time of year but whatever.

The waters are clear, undisturbed by waves, boats, and pollutants. My dad use to do a lot of diving back in the day. Be amazed at what you find at the bottom!

[Shoot2Kill]

There's a video clip from last night's news on channel 9's HSOforum. The part about them "trying to lure a monster muskie" is not correct. They simply thought that's what they had hooked into.

Either way, I hope they went home and changed their pants after that happened!

Aaron

Good to know it was a misprint.

I bet the diver got a good chuckle out of this after it was all said and done.

[pureinsanity]

I bet the divers were happy to not have the hooks in their dry suits and the safey rope instead!

You would think those guys would notice something different about the area. I imagine if they were close to the divers they probably had air bubbles coming up their hole.

I bet the divers are also thankful the auger blades didn't come down and hit them!