Stuck out on Alice. Get rid of the vex!

[Captain Ahab]

My point is this guy had a graph/gps - he would of been back in his truck.

How do you know he didn't have a graph without a GPS?

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what is a mucker is that like a fluffer on adult films?

Heard the term up on Lake Winnipeg from the Canadians. I think they use it in hockey as well. Kinda like a guy sitting on a "box" of Molson with a broomstick for a rod.

 

[Kurtr]

Haha a box of Molson sounds kinda good right now

 

[shorthairsrus]

the other comment that i have to make --- ice fishing solo --- imo a mistake. that much snowpack; no different then mountain sledding alone. Anything can happen.

 

[johnr]

True, if you have a fishing partner, you can at least have a sausagefest one last time before freezing up...haha

 

[WormWiggler]

Labatt > Molson

 

[lunkerslayer]

That's the reason I bought a hand held GPS, I have been out late at night on the ice exploring the unknown, no tracks anywhere besides my own if I didn't have a GPS it would of definitely taken much longer to get off the ice or even get stuck in some snow bank.

 

[Enslow]

Accidents happen, people make mistakes.. my goodness.

 

[Rowdie]

He should not have been out there without some type of GPS!! Look at how many options there are, truck, phone, hand held, graph.

 

[Duckslayer100]

He should not have been out there without some type of GPS!! Look at how many options there are, truck, phone, hand held, graph.

IN all fairness, he did have his phone. The problem was it got so cold that it died.

 

[Nodakker]

I've needed GPS on the big lake couple times at night, can't see, and no idea of direction!! Saved me big time. Looked at the screen instead of the windshield, only reason I got off the lake.

 

[johnr]

Typical babyboomer

 

[Allen]

Sheesh, if you have a smartphone with you, you have a GPS. Use Google Maps.

I used the hell out of mine when I was in Barcelona last year for walking, and I don't see why it wouldn't work on a lake as well.

And as someone else said, keep the phone warm. There were some poor decisions here. We've all made our share, but in hindsight this one was really easy to avoid.

 

[Bfishn]

Sheesh, if you have a smartphone with you, you have a GPS. Use Google Maps.

I used the hell out of mine when I was in Barcelona last year for walking, and I don't see why it wouldn't work on a lake as well.

And as someone else said, keep the phone warm. There were some poor decisions here. We've all made our share, but in hindsight this one was really easy to avoid.

That is the exact thought process apple dip shits(engineers) used when they made the lower limit operating temp of the iPhone 32 degrees. "well it works in San Fran so i guess it should work everywhere" ;:;banghead.

 

[3Roosters]

GPS or no GPS, some lakes should NOT to be messed with at nite or poor visibility conditions. Miss your track back by even a few feet on one side or the other could be hazardous.

 

[johnr]

I had an old timer tell me a tale of years back, when a ice fisherman just walked to the destination pulling a small sled with a hand auger, some bait, and a jigging rod or two. He and his brother had a hot bite going on, and as night came they were drinking some whiskey and still catching a few here and there, next thing they knew the sky was black, cloud cover was thick, the lantern was out of fuel, and they could not hardly see each other, none the less shore. They walked around Skunk bay for most of the night trying to find a shore line, any shore line, they finally found a shore line on the opposite side of the bay, and decided to hold tight until the stars reappeared or the sun came up.
He said they were cold as death, and didn't think they would make it till morning, but pulled through. When they saw the tracks they had left in the snow, to their disbelief they had virtually walked in circles the entire time searching for the shore line.

 

[KDM]

Not going to even TRY to claim I haven't done more than a few things JUST as dumb as this, cuz I have. However, doesn't anybody carry a compass anymore?? I prefer the tritium compasses that have the glowing dial and arrows. They work in any weather, time of day, and location I'm likely to be in without a battery or light source. 'Course hindsight is 20/20 in this case. Just glad a brain fart didn't result in tragedy.

 

[deleted member]

a compass? i thought those were only good for drawing circles, arcs and semi circle type things. can i also use it on the lake?