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  • March 10, 2016 at 1:58 am #138542
    Walleye-Student
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      This may be old news now, but today’s edition of the Mille Lacs Messenger reported at least 2 trucks that had to be pulled out by Northland Recovery. This happened the weekend of 2/27-28. The last weekend of walleye season. For those of you who were out there then, you may not know how lucky you were! More so, there was at least 2 contests out there drawing thousands. Maybe this happens all the time but still something to think about. BTW, this Saturday is Wahkon Inn’s 1st annual Northern and Perch contest. Includes lake access, dinner buffet and door prizes. Can’t imagine that happening now but who knows? Just another setback for another Mille Lacs business trying to “keep the lights on”. <img decoding=” title=”” class=”bbcode_smiley” />

      March 10, 2016 at 2:28 am #677944
      bustinlips
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        1 guy tried to cross a ridge. I wouldn’t consider myself lucky.

        Kids are like farts, the only ones you can stand are your own!
        March 10, 2016 at 4:13 am #677945
        MarkBruzek
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          FYI, those 2 vehicles that went in were not on thin ice due to warm temps…

          The ice is still good for those who make good decisions about how to use it.

          Pro Staff for myself...
          March 10, 2016 at 4:42 am #677946
          fishnpole
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            I was on the lake that weekend as were thousands of others who were enjoying 26″ of ice. My rig weighs in at around 2 tons. There were hundreds of wheel houses on the lake along with a couple thousand skid houses.
            At least one of the trucks that had problems went against advice, drove out to the flats (on a closed road) and tried to jump a two-foot crack that has been marked the entire ice fishing season.

            Nobody wants to “keep the lights on” so bad they would endanger customers, W.S.

            It just seems you can’t keep the people off the lake that want to prove Darwin’s theory correct.

            March 10, 2016 at 11:54 am #677947
            Bobber
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              fishnpole wrote:
              I was on the lake that weekend as were thousands of others who were enjoying 26″ of ice. My rig weighs in at around 2 tons. There were hundreds of wheel houses on the lake along with a couple thousand skid houses.
              At least one of the trucks that had problems went against advice, drove out to the flats (on a closed road) and tried to jump a two-foot crack that has been marked the entire ice fishing season.

              Nobody wants to “keep the lights on” so bad they would endanger customers, W.S.

              It just seems you can’t keep the people off the lake that want to prove Darwin’s theory correct.

              well said…

              Bob "Bobber" Carlson

              You can tell how big a person is, by what it takes to discourage them! "Hooks"

              March 10, 2016 at 3:34 pm #677948
              Walleye-Student
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                fishnpole wrote:
                Nobody wants to “keep the lights on” so bad they would endanger customers, W.S.

                It just seems you can’t keep the people off the lake that want to prove Darwin’s theory correct.

                I was referring to the Wahkon Inn contest in that it seems unlikely they will still hold it this Saturday. I could be wrong. Not sure if it was even a profitable event for them or just a promotional thing. Just felt bad in that it was their first attempt to try it and now perhaps it will be next year for their “First Annual”. And yes I do forget about these guys……

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                March 10, 2016 at 4:15 pm #677950
                BigWerm
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                  Walleye-Student wrote:
                  This happened the weekend of 2/27-28. The last weekend of walleye season. For those of you who were out there then, you may not know how lucky you were! More so, there was at least 2 contests out there drawing thousands. Maybe this happens all the time but still something to think about.

                  I was there that weekend and there was a ton of ice, and didn’t need much luck to stay on top of it, just intelligence. And yes this does happen often. People try to jump the breakers rather than driving around or to a bridge and drop their truck through. I would wager as many trucks go through from attempting this as they do from thin ice on the big pond. Back in the day one of my Dad’s buddy’s put 4 or 5 trucks through himself.

                  Crush 'EM
                  March 13, 2016 at 4:33 pm #677940
                  icefryer
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                    Different lake but…
                    We got kicked off of LOW yesterday afternoon by one of the Adrian’s resort workers. He said 2 trucks had their front ends go through and one resort truck (who was driving around warning people to get off the ice) went to the bottom. “pack up…NOW!!! The roads are starting to go, stay off of them!!” he said. After an extremely terrifying trip to shore (wow, what a scary ride!!!) we came across another resort worker who told us that 9 trucks had went through so far at that time and that there were still 50 or so larger rigs still on the ice in that area. (right out on big traverse bay just past pine island) I had a half ton with a 14′ ice castle and had one hell of a time reaching shore…I can’t even imagine driving back in a one ton pulling a 28-30 ft’r. (which were still everywhere on the ice while we were leaving.)
                    We were told the road would be ok until next week (or we wouldn’t have drove up) but obviously that wasn’t the case. Usually there’s still 3’+ of ice at this time of year so but this year kind of caught us (me) by surprise.

                    March 13, 2016 at 4:44 pm #677941
                    bottlebass
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                      scary story fryer. Glad you made it off OK.

                      March 13, 2016 at 4:50 pm #677942
                      MattNy
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                        That’s crazy icefryer! did you see any of the trucks that went in on your way off the lake?

                        "LET ER BUCK"
                        March 13, 2016 at 5:27 pm #677943
                        icefryer
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                          MattNy wrote:
                          That’s crazy icefryer! did you see any of the trucks that went in on your way off the lake?

                          Just one who’s front end dropped to the frame. (big one ton pulling a monster ice castle)There were deep puddles and holes everywhere though. It was a slalom course trying to stay on “dryer” ice.
                          I just hope everyone else made it off ok…

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