12-15-2020, 05:35 AM
I was there this morning with a friend..we witnessed the rescue, from that South dike road...nothing we could do, but watch, and hope he made it... our plan was to go in from that cement step-down area,but of course we changed our entry point with the police, DNR, sheriff, 2 ambulances, and maybe another rescue vehicle or 2...thumbs up to all who helped this guy and his dog...it could have been us...We put in by the first parking lot on that dike road, no problem hiking on solid 4" ice maybe 300 yds off shore, near another tent...fishing not good there, but we got to check out our gear for the first time of the year..in the snow..and we were safe...We each wore life jackets on the way out, and I had my 5' heavy pic to check ice in front of us as we walked..I also had a whistle and hand pics handy...Yesterday my wife and I drove this dike road to check on parking, access, etc...lake was full of fishers, and even some ice skaters...No problem parking further up that road, just no parking between the arrowed signs, near that cement step area...plenty of parking either side of arrows.....All that being said, I do believe I'll go back to duck hunting again for at least a week or so before I go back to Mantua...Guluk, and be safe out there...