09-23-2004, 04:53 AM
I went with a buddy ut to Lost Creek last year for a little ice fishing, it was a nice day, just really cold. We had caught a few little trout when my buddies fishing rod bent over double and the fight was on. He took about 5 minutes to bring it too the hole and he started lifting it out and onto the ice. He was about 3/4 of the way out and he was a beutiful fish about 22 inches long when he dropped off the hook and back into the hole. I do not know what my buddy was thinking but he dropped onto the ice and shoved his whole arm into the water to try to catch the fish but to no avail, he lost him. The rest of the season he did not live down soaking his entire arm to catch that fish
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myself about safe ice myself....thats why i let someone else go first