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Two fishermen rescued from floating ice on Upper Red Lake

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SHOTLEY, Minn. - Two fishermen are back on land after the ice they were on broke and began drifting on Upper Red Lake this morning.

"They were in 9-feet of water on a piece of ice that is sinking," Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp said. "They were in about as dire of a situation as you can be."

A call shortly after 10 a.m. reported the men were drifting across the lake and emergency crews scrambled to get equipment to rescue them. One of the concerns was the wind and reaching the men before the men sank into the lake.

The Bemidji Fire Department sent its Hovercraft and emergency workers from other agencies also scrambled to get to Upper Red Lake to assist. In addition, there were calls for at least one helicopter to join in the search and rescue effort.

About 11:30, a dispatcher reported the fishermen were back on land.

The men were on a piece of ice west of Shotley and north of Pioneer Road, Hodapp said.

It isn't clear how thick the ice was that the men were on, he said.

"It's not thick enough, especially on Red Lake, to be out there," Hodapp said.

The lake may have ice on it, but Hodapp said the wind came up this morning.

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Ok facts:

There was 6" of ice, the strong south wind broke off a large sheet.

The fishermen were standing on the ice when I arrived. I drove our hovercraft out and picked them up and drove them back to shore. The crack in my estimation was around 400 yards wide when we rescued them.

Their wheeler and fish house remained on the ice sheet.

Yes the fish were biting and they had their limit and were just leaving when the sheet broke off.

Trent

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Ok facts:

There was 6" of ice, the strong south wind broke off a large sheet.

The fishermen were standing on the ice when I arrived. I drove our hovercraft out and picked them up and drove them back to shore. The crack in my estimation was around 400 yards wide when we rescued them.

Their wheeler and fish house remained on the ice sheet.

Yes the fish were biting and they had their limit and were just leaving when the sheet broke off.

Trent

Never see or been involved with something like this. So I'm kinda wondering what happens to the 4 wheeler and gear? Do you just let it sink in the lake?

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My brothers father in-law, Gene, was ice fishing on superior a couple of years ago for the first time and said there were about 10-12 trucks that were brave enough to get about 100 ft from open water. At about 300 ft they would stop and drill a hole partially through the ice and drop what looked to be an anchor in the hole and proceed towards the open water, stop at 200 ft and auger another hole, drop the anchor and proceed.

Gene later ran into one of these local guys and asked what the whole anchor deal was all about and they explained to him that if the ice sheet that they were on happened to break off they would be able to use their truck to close the gap and get off the piece that broke away.

A little hard core for me but it worked for them I guess.

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