Rescue 12/18 Picard Point - Mille Lacs Lake Fishing (Fishing Reports, Events, Tournament Information and more)

Doug Ertl · Website Admin

Rescue 12/18 Picard Point

2manykds4fshn · Member

So what does that cost them to get resqued?

johnny5 · Member

how far off the point? flamingo area?

MCallies · Malmo Bay Bomber

Looks to me that those guys were damn lucky! WOW.

You will not last long in that kind of water and ice!

Thanks Doug for the report and heads up.

IxR IcE Man · Member

seems like something similar happens every year. i remember one year my dad and i had gone out of terry brandts on the south end. and about half way thru the afternoon the water spashed up into the holes. everything was good for us that was. turned out once we got back to the red door that night we had heard that a piece of ice had broken off with some anglers. again the sheriff or the dnr had to play the role of rescuer. I love my ice fishing. i really do but honestly some people are just plain stupid

tat2jonnie · Senior Member

Here's what the lake looks like to aliens.

Fife · Formica Flat Vet

The guys were fishing around the Lakeside Reef area. They parked their ATVs by shore on Picard Point and walked out from there. The wind picked up during the time they were out there and opened up a crack 40+ feet wide. They guys walked up and down the crack trying to find a place to cross, but it went as far as we could see both North and South. They got the men and their equipment off with the hovercraft.

MCallies · Malmo Bay Bomber

Thanks Fife.

Good report....

Obviously the lake ice is crazy right now. Stay safe.

We gotta get one of those hovercraft for early ice fishing ? 

Jon,

Nice 'alien view' picture of the lake. Be careful guys. Maybe I wil just buy some walleye fingers auntil this ice ever locks in on the lake.

Guk · Member

Jonnie,

What site do you get the pics from space from? Handy tool for knowing if the lake is truely locked up or not! Thanks

Steve

tat2jonnie · Senior Member

The folks at mnlakecams here have it. Here's the link:

http://www.mnlakecams.com/

Eyes of the world · Member

Here's a link that wil give you daily updates. You need to go to our area (USA 3 I think) and click that. Once it comes up, click the 250 zoom. You can then pan around. You may also go back a long ways by days.

http://ge.ssec.wisc.edu/modis-today/

MCallies · Malmo Bay Bomber

Here is the negative press report and comments on the Brainberd Dispatch today:

http://brainerddispatch.com/authors/renee-richardson

Th rescure reportedly involved 2 fire departmenst and State patrol with helkicopter.

Over 20 fisherman were reported as recued. hmm

We have thin ice and cracks. People MUST respect Mille Lacs or you will die!

Hookswife · Member

Way to tell it MM!!

It's on all the TV news reports about the 20 people. Geezzzzzzzz Wait til the ice reports say it's safe...no fish is worth your life!