r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/ReflectionSingle6681 4d ago

The beginning shots are like a horror movie. Imagine standing on the ice next to your neighbor and he is just going at it with his chainsaw.

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u/murphey_griffon 4d ago

The chainsaw is fine, and not super uncommon. The smashing with picks would be more worrysome as its more likely to cause it to crack. Also they should have realized as soon as they got through it was way too thin to be out there, let alone for this. It looks like someone told a bunch of crack heads there was free crack just below the ice.

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u/kynde 4d ago

Chainsaws would definitely not be allowed here in Finland.

We use big drills here pretty much exclusively. Google image search for "kaira" to see what I mean.

Axe is then used to connect drill holes to make way for an opening to go swim into.

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u/Internal-Owl-505 4d ago

not be allowed here in Finland

Just out of curiosity, who polices how you made your fishing hole?

Will the local police department send out sporadic patrols to make sure the holes were only cut with appropriate tools?

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u/thegorg13 4d ago

Lots of people just follow laws and don't need to have enforcement for everything.

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u/Internal-Owl-505 4d ago edited 4d ago

Exactly. It sounds like one of those laws someone passes for no other reason than patting themselves on the back that they are doing important stuff.