Would've tasted better than fish.

SPOILER!!!!!






Ice birding

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Adding video to channels (Nature) - requested by Zawash.

If that's what it actually looks like, those guys are flippin' idiots fishing on a river that close to open water.

As a person who has done this, I was thinking the same thing. I never get that close to open water.

Unless it's a river they know, and their waders are sufficient if they broke through the ice. People are quick to judge.

Watch the movie again and see how much line the guy pulls up. That's about ten waders in length, almost in the middle of what looks like a well-defined channel. Even if it was out lengthwise, that tells me there's a decent current there.

Next, try and go swimming in waders, or get them off when you're either in water or hanging on to a broken ice ledge.

The guy doesn't have ice pick safety devices in easy reach, it's windy as heck, and the conditions are slushy which means that ice is breaking up. And the ice in the hole doesn't look very thick either, maybe a couple inches from what I can see.

I'm "quick to judge" because I'm also an experienced ice fisherman. From all evidence that's visible in the video, that's a very dangerous way to fish.

I should know better then to comment when I'm sick with food poisoning. Clearly you are right and I'm wrong, and I was apparently too quick to judge! Ah well. Back to lying down, at least I can get that right.

Hope you're feeling better.

Hope you're feeling better.