12-05-2012, 08:14 PM
RonPaulFan,
Reading your post about never having been ice fishing before, and wondering what the conditions will be like and proposing to use a bicycle on the ice, I need to say one thing to you, especially if you are planning on using a bicycle to ice fish at Strawberry:
be prepared, be very prepared...for the Slush Monster.
I know, and have been with people, who would abandon equipment just make it back to their truck while ice fishing on Strawberry. I also was with someone once who actually asked how much he thought it would cost for LifeFlight to come pick him up. All due to the slush monster.
Even Snowmobiles, which are the very best transportation method when ice fishing, are sometimes caught by the slush monster. I know of one snowmobile, that is still visible between two islands about 15 feet underwater. I know of one person in particular (well, two actually, they were together), who almost abandonded their snowmobile at Strawberry, as it was consumed by the slush monster.
The Slush Monster is real. Very real...at the Berry when ice fishing.
I suggest leaving the bike at home.
My cousin won't even take a 4-wheeler out on the ice anymore as his first trip with it almost ended in disaster when it broke through a pressure ridge and nearly sunk. I still wish I would have snapped a picture of that rather than helping him save the 4wheeler.
Randy
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Reading your post about never having been ice fishing before, and wondering what the conditions will be like and proposing to use a bicycle on the ice, I need to say one thing to you, especially if you are planning on using a bicycle to ice fish at Strawberry:
be prepared, be very prepared...for the Slush Monster.
I know, and have been with people, who would abandon equipment just make it back to their truck while ice fishing on Strawberry. I also was with someone once who actually asked how much he thought it would cost for LifeFlight to come pick him up. All due to the slush monster.
Even Snowmobiles, which are the very best transportation method when ice fishing, are sometimes caught by the slush monster. I know of one snowmobile, that is still visible between two islands about 15 feet underwater. I know of one person in particular (well, two actually, they were together), who almost abandonded their snowmobile at Strawberry, as it was consumed by the slush monster.
The Slush Monster is real. Very real...at the Berry when ice fishing.
I suggest leaving the bike at home.
My cousin won't even take a 4-wheeler out on the ice anymore as his first trip with it almost ended in disaster when it broke through a pressure ridge and nearly sunk. I still wish I would have snapped a picture of that rather than helping him save the 4wheeler.
Randy
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I used to N.ot have E.nough T.ime O.ff to go fishing. Then I retired. Now I have less time than I had before. Sheesh.