Civic through on Forest?

[riverwader]

Anyone hear about this? http://forestlake-hugo.kstp.com/news/news/car-through-ice-forest-lake-two-escape/66694

On the radio they stated it was a civic with 2 guys in it. Does anyone know where they went through? I was expecting a 1ton or atleast a larger truck.

[mccullen]

It says that they went in on a lake in Forest Lake. Not that they went in ON Forest Lake. Many small lakes in that area.

[riverwader]

You are correct that article didnt say which lake. This one does, it was Forest lake in Forest lake. The car was a 1/2 mile out from the access. They also said around the car was 24" of ice.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/minneapoliswcco-15750988/car-breaks-through-ice-on-forest-lake-24255917

[Not_Sure]

wow... that's scary. I was out and about in Amery with my daughter on Sat night in my Ram1500. Had ice out there at least 20"+ couldn't reach the bottom of the hole with my scoop

kinda tough to tell by the photos....did it go thru the re-freeze or thru everything?

[IamZombie]

Found a big patch of slush out on leech, saturday.

That was scary.

[poorB]

i bet i drove within 20 feet of where that civic went in on friday night. i saw an area that looked different (much darker) i figured it may de a slush pocket. so i left the main road and went around it i would bet that was the spot. that will be the last time i drive out on a metro lake this winter. be carefull out there.

[IamZombie]

i bet i drove within 20 feet of where that civic went in on friday night. i saw an area that looked different (much darker) i figured it may de a slush pocket. so i left the main road and went around it i would bet that was the spot. that will be the last time i drive out on a metro lake this winter. be carefull out there.

Not sure how we're going to get out now.

Snow is too deep in the SW metro for the 4wheeler, and don't wanna risk taking a full size truck out there.

[DuckBlind]

Matt S. can I ask how big that pig is your holding in your pic?

[SalmonSlayer]

Just thought I'd share what happened to me tonight. I was out on Whaletail. We were first out on the ice today, made tracks to the back bay. Drilled a bunch of holes, then the auger ran out of gas. Fiance was good enough to meet me at the landing with more. In the mean time a full size Chevy had come out after us and followed our tracks. So I'm following those tracks back to the landing, and it got a little hairy, some dark spots with water seeping up, as I'm realizing it's a bad place to be, the back left drops in, I gun it and make it out, then decide to put as much distance between me and those tracks as possible. Was a scary ride back out to the house and even worse getting off the ice in the dark. I stopped by the spot on the way back and it was a 3' x 5' hole. I write this because I was ignoring the posts about scary ice, thinking it had all refroze and was good, since there is over 22 inches of ice out there, but I can tell you I'm done driving for this year. Not gonna lie, tightest pucker of my life. Be safe out there.

[BronzeBrother]

As a born again ice fisherman this winter I am very Leary of the ice, especially on the metro area as it always seems to have it's share of vehicles breaking through the ice. I have been driving out on the lakes up until that last warm weather blast we had. I will probably just do some walking for the remainder of the ice season. Plus the fish bite is starting to move shallower with each passing day. It's not worth risking my kids lives or mine for fish. It will be hard but I can wait till the ice goes out if need be. There is still a lot of ice for walking for now. No fish is worth it when there are obvious signs that the ice took a hit with the warm weather... Be safe everyone and good luck if your fishing

[charlie fisher]

Read Dnr Officers report of civic through ice on Forest, car broke through layer of frozen slush,and had 22" of ice under it. Hope this gets passed around and ends the Hype

[fisherman-andy]

Read Dnr Officers report of civic through ice on Forest, car broke through layer of frozen slush,and had 22" of ice under it. Hope this gets passed around and ends the Hype

Here is the full report. Although not hyped to what it should be one should still be cautious:

CO Alex Gutierrez (Forest Lake) took a complaint of a masked bird feed burglar. The complainant stated a raccoon was stealing all the bird feed she would put out for the birds and wanted the raccoon removed. CO Gutierrez explained that the raccoon was not stealing the bird feed and selling it, but likely eating it and would eventually leave when the bird feed was no longer around. CO Gutierrez also assisted the Washington County Sheriff?s Dept with a possible car through the ice on Forest Lake. The car broke though the 1 inch top layer of ice which was formed from the recent thaw and refreeze. The car and occupants, which did not go through the 22 plus inches of actual base ice, were safely removed.