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Safe Ice, Ice Safe

Most years, I would have posted my obligatory reminder about ice safety by now.  With the mild weather we have had so far this late fall/early winter, I have not said anything yet, well, because we just ain’t got ice.  I will continue to drop farther into a foul mood each day I do not ice-fish at this point.

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Even now, I am not sure about the ice conditions throughout the state.  I have heard a few whispers of some hardcores getting on the ice already, but I am telling you right now you better be darned CAREFUL!  Take a few minutes, watch some videos, it will help.

This first one I have posted before, but if nothing else, it is entertaining.  These guys are nuts, but they know what they are talking about:

This one is much more boring and again you may have already seen it, but there are some more specifics here:

And of course this last video has been posted and shared many times, but it is my anthem right now.  The classics never get old, “I wanna ice-fish, baby”:

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About daryl bauer

Daryl is a lifelong resident of Nebraska (except for a couple of years spent going to graduate school in South Dakota). He has been employed as a fisheries biologist for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for 25 years, and his current tour of duty is as the fisheries outreach program manager. Daryl loves to share his educational knowledge and is an avid multi-species angler. He holds more than 120 Nebraska Master Angler Awards for 14 different species and holds more than 30 In-Fisherman Master Angler Awards for eight different species. He loves to talk fishing and answer questions about fishing in Nebraska, be sure to check out his blog at outdoornebraska.org.

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