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Saturday, February 07, 2009
A little Chlorine in the Gene Pool!
125 fisherman rescued, one dead on Lake Erie. They apparently had built a bridge of pallets to reach the outer ice flow. Guess what? The pallets drifted away!
The local sheriff was quoted as saying (paraphrasing here) he understood that people will always go ice fishing, but it is just stupid to cross open water to do it.
Right. Actually, the Ottawa County Sheriff called them "idiots", and if you could arrest people for being stupid, he would've arrested them all. I agree. Warm temperatures, strong S/W winds, a huge crack in the ice. Only an idiot would venture out onto the ice. However, in the idiots defense, it WAS Saturday. Who would know what next weekend would bring? Besides, them walleye and yellow perch are tasty. I usually wait for open water and then float a boat.
The local sheriff was quoted as saying (paraphrasing here) he understood that people will always go ice fishing, but it is just stupid to cross open water to do it.
ReplyDeleteRight. Actually, the Ottawa County Sheriff called them "idiots", and if you could arrest people for being stupid, he would've arrested them all. I agree. Warm temperatures, strong S/W winds, a huge crack in the ice. Only an idiot would venture out onto the ice. However, in the idiots defense, it WAS Saturday. Who would know what next weekend would bring? Besides, them walleye and yellow perch are tasty. I usually wait for open water and then float a boat.
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