It”s that time of year when many anglers venture out on to the frozen lakes to try their luck ice fishing for northern pike. Pike are active in the winter and the big ones will bite, but you do have to be careful.  Every year someone falls through the ice in Manitoba - ice fisherman, snowmobilers, skiers. Would you know what to do if you fell through the ice? Watch the video and read the PDF that follows  - they might just save your life.

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Thanks to ManitobaAnglers.com for alerting us to this video. The professor in the video, Gordon G. Giesbrecht, Ph.D, has also written a scientific paper enitled Thin Ice, which will help you to: 1) Understand cold physiology as it relates to sudden ice water immersion. 2) Identify the dangers of activities that take place on ice. 3) Understand safety procedures that will minimize the possibility of falling through ice. 4) Understand what to do as either a victim or witness of a cold water immersion incident. Click here to read Thin Ice.