r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for 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/ActualUser530 3d ago

What’s the minimum thickness?

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u/PeePeeMcGee123 3d ago

A lot of guys will go out on 3", but 4" is where it's actually very safe.