Early-season thin ice posing dangers for anglers Up North

Beltrami County’s emergency responders raced to the aid of imperiled ice fishermen twice in one day last month for rescues that have become all too common in November and early December.

Both sets of anglers were dangling fishing lines close to open water, only to go adrift when the ice sheets they occupied broke away. No one was injured, but Sheriff Phil Hodapp followed up with a public reprimand against early-season ice anglers for putting themselves and rescue crews in avoidable danger.

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