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Just wondering if anyone else is thinking about the trucks and cars driving out on the ice past your fish house? Has anyone ever had anything happen when somebody drove by your fish house in a car or truck? I personally have not but the old water sure does bounce up and down in the hole. wink.gif

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The ice is never perfectly safe.

When I lived in ely I went on a bwcaw fishing trip in late january and fell through twice in one day. The lake had 30+ inches of ice and I had walked over both spots twice, a month before on another excursion.

It had a weak spot due to a spring or some current that hadn't been there before. I can say I would have won a long jump contest both times even with the snoshoes on cause I wasn't gonna go down that day. It was very scary but I did learn that it could be thick in one spot and thin in another.

It is the risk you take when walking on water.

As for driving out, its risky. But, there was two lakes up there that had commuter roads plowed on them when 12 inches of ice was formed and they got used till march without incident. You just have to test the water and decide for yourself if it's up to your standards. I saw a test by the military and it showed that ice could hold the weight of a truck at like 5 inches (crystal clear uniform ice). You will never see me out there on less than 12 cause ice doesn't form consistantly.

You just have to put that scary stuff in the back of your mind and think happy thoughts...8lb walleyes...2lb crappies...

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if your seting up near a ice road you should be safe. the ice forms thicker and stronger on a road because it's not insulated by the snow, i'm always a little weary about venturing off the roads myself unless i know the lake reel well

be safe, catch fish

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