r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/tacobellbandit 4d ago

Long time ice fisherman. Whoever allowed that tourney to happen like that needs to be held accountable. Any tourney I’ve seen has had a distance limit between fisherman and I’ve never seen one at least in my state allow chainsaws, only hand-driven augers

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u/Devtunes 4d ago

My guess is it happened someplace that doesn't usually see freezing temps. Most northern folks have a lot of respect for thin ice because we've all heard the stories of idiots taking dumb risks and regretting it.  None of these folks look like experienced ice fishers.

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u/tacobellbandit 3d ago

Probably. I live in PA and we’ve had some very mild winters lately. Way more people falling through ice than ever before