Re: Ice trivia
When I had time for fishing I would drill several holes and use tip ups. I would then sit in the pickup with a bottle of schnapps and a thermos of chili. I had my ice skates on so when a flag popped I would skate out, pull in the northern then skate back. <br />Have seen some cool things on the ice. If 2 cars are driving towards each other, one has to vear to one side. The ripple created in the ice in front of both vehicles will meet and break through. Seen a few cars sunk that way.<br />Another time a group of kids took their daddys brand new motor home out. Drilled holes then fished and drank beer. Eventually passed out in the motorhome. During the night it warmed up. By mid morning when they woke up the ice was still thick in the middle, but there was a good distance of open water near the shore all around the lake. They got a good run and skipped that motorhome like a stone almost to shore. Almost.<br />Third story, a friend drove out on the ice in the morning. Fishing was so good he lost track of time. The day warmed up a lot. the ice was still thick, but became soft. Water started flowing up through the holes drilled for fishing. They made it to shore but the front bumper of teh Ford 4x4 was under water. The ice was holding them, but had sunk down into the lake.<br />My uncle found 2 old pickups. One was a late '70s Ford 4 door. He took this one and cut the body right in front of the rear door. He removed the engine body and suspension from the front end, pulled the frame together and made a trailer hitch out of the frame like a pikcup box trailer. He then took the rear of the cab off of the second old pickup. He cut this cab just behind the door. He took this rear window and portion of truck cab and welded it to the front of the other cab. He put a propane heater, a cook stove and shelves in there. That was his ice shanty. he would pull it out on the lake, all his gear was in a tool box in the back and he would sit in the front and stay warm.
