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All good tips !!!
I nearly drowned in Davidson's Mill Pond when I was younger. I used to work in Trenton so after the weekend still having a bucket full of shiners I decided to go ice fishing for a few hours before heading to work. I made several KEY MISTAKES that day that nearly cost me my life.
1, I never told my wife i was going yet let alone where and 2, I had checked the ice a few days before and didn't have a clue how thick it was that morning. As i walked out onto the ice everything seemed good till I was about 50 feet from shore. Walking in the pitch dark at like 5 a.m. I suddenly hear geese honking and splashing as I Came up on them! Before I could turn around, I was thru the ice, As my head came back up and I started to fight for my life I realized that I was probably going to die here and now! My life flashed before my eyes and all I was thinking was "They are going to EVENTUALLY find my frozen dead body under the water!!!!!
I Believe to this day that someone wasn't ready for me yet and in my mind someone told me to stop fighting or I am going to drown.
Yea right gonna stop fighting to live?
Well finally after a few more seconds I did just that, I stopped fighting!!!When I did, I began to rest a bit and regain my composure, mean while all the water around me started to recede back into the hole and after a bit I was able to use the rough surface of the ice against my WoolRich Jacket to climb out of the hole and to safety.
That is a true story and I wanna say to all the ICE GUYS what I tell my kids CONTINUOUSLY ..... DON"T BE STUPID!!!! IT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!