Tips for increasing ice fishing safety
Even though the ice is never totally safe, there are ways to make venturing out on area lakes safer.
Written By: Lorie R. Skarpness
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9:34 am, Jan. 11, 2021
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Drilling holes to check the thickness of the ice is one way to help make venturing out safer. (Photo courtesy Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)
Calub Shavlik is the acting area supervisor at the Department of Natural Resource fisheries office in Park Rapids. With ice fishing in full swing, he shares some tips on how to make the experience safer, including a close call he had when an ATV he was riding broke through the ice.