Post by senecabow on Jan 26, 2004 12:59:08 GMT -5
With well over 100 years of ice fishing on Lake Erie.
We, four of us from the age of 46 to 65 didn't make the trip out on Erie.
Every thing was looking wrong. ---- forcast 30 mph winds from the south. --- The temp at 4:00 am, - 8. New ice = new cracks, without much time to heal.
I called my brother in Toledo at 4:30 and nixed the trip.
We fished one of the inland lakes. Didn't get any 10 lb + eyes but got some fish and had a good time.
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14 anglers pulled from ice
News-Messengerreports ---- Local newspaper
CATAWBA ISLAND -- Fourteen people were rescued from patches of ice that broke off near Catawba Island Sunday evening. No one was injured in the incident.
"The wind shifted, causing the ice to crack, and they found themselves on the wrong side of the crack," said Randy Riedmaier, assistant fire chief at the Catawba Island Fire Department said.
He said the 14 people were separated on several patches of ice, one to three miles from the mainland of Catawba Island.
One of those stranded called the U.S. Coast Guard from a cell phone for assistance, he said.
Petty Officer Fuller from the Detroit Group of the U.S. Coast Guard said his department received a call around 5:10 p.m. Sunday.
"We were able to rescue 10 people in three separate air lifts," Fuller said. "The remaining four were rescued by airboat by the Put-in-Bay Fire Department."
Fuller said the group had been ice fishing, and multiple ATVs, including snowmobiles and four-wheelers, were left on the ice.
He said his department hoisted the fishermen into helicopters and dropped them off at Catawba Island State Park. The rescue was finished by 7:30 p.m.
Although no one was injured or had fallen into the water, a Life Flight helicopter from Toledo was called to the scene.
"With any ice rescue, hypothermia was a concern," Fuller said, noting the water temperature was a chilly 32 degrees at the time. "People do end up in the water from time to time."
During the rescue, winds also were clocked at 30 knots, making the 19-degree temperature seem considerably colder.
We, four of us from the age of 46 to 65 didn't make the trip out on Erie.
Every thing was looking wrong. ---- forcast 30 mph winds from the south. --- The temp at 4:00 am, - 8. New ice = new cracks, without much time to heal.
I called my brother in Toledo at 4:30 and nixed the trip.
We fished one of the inland lakes. Didn't get any 10 lb + eyes but got some fish and had a good time.
*******************************************
14 anglers pulled from ice
News-Messengerreports ---- Local newspaper
CATAWBA ISLAND -- Fourteen people were rescued from patches of ice that broke off near Catawba Island Sunday evening. No one was injured in the incident.
"The wind shifted, causing the ice to crack, and they found themselves on the wrong side of the crack," said Randy Riedmaier, assistant fire chief at the Catawba Island Fire Department said.
He said the 14 people were separated on several patches of ice, one to three miles from the mainland of Catawba Island.
One of those stranded called the U.S. Coast Guard from a cell phone for assistance, he said.
Petty Officer Fuller from the Detroit Group of the U.S. Coast Guard said his department received a call around 5:10 p.m. Sunday.
"We were able to rescue 10 people in three separate air lifts," Fuller said. "The remaining four were rescued by airboat by the Put-in-Bay Fire Department."
Fuller said the group had been ice fishing, and multiple ATVs, including snowmobiles and four-wheelers, were left on the ice.
He said his department hoisted the fishermen into helicopters and dropped them off at Catawba Island State Park. The rescue was finished by 7:30 p.m.
Although no one was injured or had fallen into the water, a Life Flight helicopter from Toledo was called to the scene.
"With any ice rescue, hypothermia was a concern," Fuller said, noting the water temperature was a chilly 32 degrees at the time. "People do end up in the water from time to time."
During the rescue, winds also were clocked at 30 knots, making the 19-degree temperature seem considerably colder.
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