Yup ... Waste not want not , lets get every inch out of the ice we can , it i'll make us better die hards , hope some rescues us if we get in trouble .
Our Canadian guys working this side of the water have gone up to my brothers boat on the St Lawrence and checked him out then after told him 30' feet more that way was U.S waters and that he did'nt want to go there . What was that all about ?
Heyyyy ! ....lol If theres no docks at thease spots , not sure cause i've never used them before , my boat might be to big to launch at them . If there any thing like the spot at the sixth , i now i can't launch there .
Since this thread is still at the top this morning i'd like to share this food for thought just to see what others think and perhapes to understand certain things better that i might not understand at this point . It has to do with maybe handing fines to the people who were rescued off the ice yesterday . Have i and ? over looked the fact that all Canadian property owners and i am one , pay property taxs to have thease public services in place in each of our neigbour hoods so every one is pertected no matter what in the case of an emergence . Beleiving this is so then , i don't understand the greed in adding insalt to injury with handing out fines to people for a service which is already paid for . Idon't get the picture i guess .
Because of all what could happen , " IS " the reason why i don't do hardwater . You can beg me all you like but you will never lead me out on perfect good 12" ice with 125' of water under it . So you know how i feel about the hole thing . I squeeze my butt cheeks every time i see or hear of people out on the ice but this will go on for ever and hopfuly we will always have others who will go get them if they get in trouble . Theres nothing any of us can do to stop it and i except that and wish them a safe return .
We heard a few close family memebers of ours in their 40's & 50's who grew up right there where the ice broke , and who also spent their lifes there as avid fishermen year round were two of the rescued this afternoon . We have never looked at thease men as stupid in any way , just today it was the wrong place at the wrong time .