Yikes, I hope they're OK. I'm heading to Pelican tomorrow on foot.

I hope they are OK also. Keep us informed.

Around 5:30 last night there were a couple of sherif cars speeding in that direction. Thats never good to hear happen. Does anyone know what part of the lake this was on?

South landing, I'm not sure what happened

I was over there after work almost at that time like 10 min before that i think just scoping things out and didnt see anything

I head some sirens around that time too. But I was in front of the courthouse on the north side. I have some buddies that would have drove by that way when they went home. I'll ask them if they saw anything.

I dont want to sound out of place but I think if 2 guys drowned out there it would have been on the news, I did see 2 stories on the news about dogs going in a few weeks ago and if they have time for that I am sure they would come out if to people lost there lives.

thats why i asked for confermation and said i hope its not true its just somthing i heard i should not have even posted

I agree not aimed toward you at all, I am with you hope it is far from true

It was a training excercise for the FD so no one drowned but thanks for sharing that to us all.

Thanks for getting to the bottom of it for us greatly appreciated.

Should we go drown some minnows later today vanwalter? I'm trying to get everything done at the office, so I can play hookie... I mean, we're going to meet up and talk about that you new house you're looking at buying..... Just so happens we're going to discuss it in the Eskimo.

For sure let me know when you bounce outta there.

Does anyone know if the FD broke up any ice when they had the training session? If so did they mark it?

This AM during the snowfall, I could still see a significant open hole straight out 250 yards or so from the north shore. Its been there the whole time. Its waiting to gobble up a nighttime wheeler rider!

On a related note, right after we got a nice full sheet last week, I saw a family ice skating all over the lake Sat AM, and they certainly weren't checking the ice while whipping figure 8's as they traversed new uncharted ice. I just cringed.

Indeed - there are some tippy, flexy, & creaky cracks out there too, waiting for the right foot placement and an extra 50 pounds. An experienced eye for ice conditions and well placed jabs with a spud bar can tell you when to scoot on over them and when to walk around them.

Can an experienced ice ranger go fish safely out there? Sure. Should just anyone hop down the bank and go trudging across the ice without a care? Certainly not yet.

Be careful out there!