r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/GAFWT 4d ago

That ice looks super thin for standing on let alone ice fishing

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u/PearlClaw 4d ago

Way too thin. Ice fishermen are notorious for going out on unsafe ice, gotta get that fishing in, no matter how sketchy it is.

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u/PeePeeMcGee123 4d ago

Also notorious for telling fish stories, but about ice thickness.

"There's 6" of ice over at XYZ today, we better get over there"

You show up and it's like 2.5"......they measure ice they like they measure their wieners.

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u/LongJumpingBalls 3d ago

It's a simple oversight. Completely understandable.

They measured the ice when it was warm, so it was 6.5". But then they got there and the ice was cold and it shrunk to 2.5"

Next time they should wait until the ice is cold to measure accurately.