I was stupidly trying to get closer to the open water created by a river feeding a lake while ice fishing, I had done it a million times at this spot but never that late in the year, I went through the ice and I was in the water a bit to long, I would never have gotten out if I didnt have my auger connected to my backpack, I ran to my truck, stripped down to my underwear, cranked the heat and drove the hour and a half home, I circle that day on the calendar every year and stop ice fishing 2 weeks before it.
when the ice stopped breaking and i got on top of it, was just a little exciting.