lake superior ice fishing~

[snow1]

One would think by febuary we would have good ice ,not so last weekend,been on the fence making a trip to two harbors to get after some lakers and bows,might even tag a bonus salmon,just never know what lurks below,these guyz not so lucky,they lost all gear,I  floated on year on mille lacs for 3 hours,scary deal,but this....yikes,they rescued 26 not so lucky fishermen,had to leave gear behind.

[Steve-o]

They look like the Shackleton Expedition out there.

[glenn57]

One would think by febuary we would have good ice ,not so last weekend,been on the fence making a trip to two harbors to get after some lakers and bows,might even tag a bonus salmon,just never know what lurks below,these guyz not so lucky,they lost all gear,I  floated on year on mille lacs for 3 hours,scary deal,but this....yikes,they rescued 26 not so lucky fishermen,had to leave gear behind.

there is some gear left out there but i've read and seen a video of people retrieving some gear.

[snow1]

Curious how they would go about retrieving they're goods?,some counties around our state have hover crafts for rescue but doubt they are allowed to be used other than rescue?those large floating ice chunks/berges would be tough to manuver around in a small boat.

[glenn57]

the video i saw they where using boats. one guy also flew his drone over the area, there were alot of clams type houses out there yet. even read yesterday that there was a guy out fishing about a mile from where that crack was.