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man i stopped down the road at the lake on the way home and you could hear the ice being made !ddddaaaaooooiiiiinnngggghhh , dddaaaaooooiiiinnnngggghhhh !
it was never ending ! one after another , man what a sound . i couldn't see the thickness because of the snow , but the fractures had to go down at least a foot or more .
-20 tonight , teens tomorow .
i wonder how the fish are going to be this weekend , with all that noise , i don't think they will get any sleep , lol !
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Hehe. I can only imagine what the sound is like. When it gets this cold I tend to stay indoors as much as possible. When it warms up and I get some warm clothing to wear, I'll be a bit braver and try out the ice-fishing gear. Maybe the fish will be too tired and weary to not be thinking about what they're doing and they'll just keep grabbing my hook!
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WAIT TILL YOU HEAR A STRESS CRACK , LOL !
YOU'LL REALLY BEGIN TO WONDER ABOUT YOUR SANITY THEN , BIGTIME !
LMAO ALREADY , BIGTIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ON LAKE ERIE I'VE HAD THE ICE CRACH AND HEAVE UP AS MUCH AS 4 FEET RIGHT NEXT TO ME . OTHER TIMES YOU CAN HEAR THE CRACK COMMING AT YOU LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN FROM MILES AWAY .
BUT THATS ON A BIG LAKE . SMALLER LAKES AREN'T AS LOUD BUT YOU WILL GET THE SAME NATURAL RESPONSE AS THE REST OF US DO , RUN !!!!! LOL !
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the preasure cracks are more scary than dangerous unless you are sitting on top of one like I was on lake st clair. one side heaved up 3 feet and tiped me over on my back right off my bucket.
there are two kinds of cracks. one is when the lake is making ice, the other is when the ice is thawing.
the dangerous one is when the ice is thawing, unless you are racing orv on the big lakes like michigan st clair erie superior.
the smaller lakes just make a high powered rifle sound. when creating ice.
when thawing it makes more like a soop bean and beer feast sound. when you hear that one get off the ice asap. especialy on the bigger lakes or lakes with moving water. they can open up and swallow a man and not leave a trace.
if you are going out with Flagman, you are in good shape, he has a good handle on what is going on.
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ya i member when we use to go on the lake i was tellin where we had our shnty and got those good little smelt! we was in there probably bout 300 in the mornin and i heard it a crackin and sounded lie it was right under neath us. boy that scat me!! it was good and cold os it wasnt breakin up, but it sure did scare ME!!![shocked]
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