I am the first to ice fish?

[Fin-S-Fish]

Okay I can't reveal the location cause I don't want to hotspot but I went ice fishing yesterday somewhere in the Uintas at 10,000ft elevation. Brought my snowshoes just in case to handle some powder. Boy was that ice scary. At the first spot I drilled it was four thin.....like quarter inch layers of hardened slush with water in between the layers. Tried a couple more different areas and found some ice that was 3 inches thick. Well, hardened slush anyways. I went kinda out towards the middle, drilled a nice hole, but found the ice was only 3/4"! I freaked and backed off slowly. It didn't even crack at all.....I don't know why. I know that was stupid.......shoulda checked every few steps. Wow, I was surprised to find out how much that ice depth varied from place to place. As for the catching......messed around with a few brookies, cutts, and albino rainbows. Not much size, but still, it was ice fishing....lol. It was fun, but definitely kinda an extreme sport. Ok, I think I can wait for "real" ice now.
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