sometimes lucky is better than good: Got up early to spend some time in a nearby metro-park with the idea of practicing my BIF techniques. I was in the right place at the right time.

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sometimes lucky is better than good

Mar 12, 2019 15:54:53 #

Rusty Lens

Got up early to spend some time in a nearby metro-park with the idea of practicing my BIF techniques. I was in the right place at the right time. In Southeast Michigan the ice is beginning to break up which means that some day soon some ice-fisherman will look around and suddenly realize the ice he is on is no longer attached to the shore. That is when the Coast Guard will get a call out. They have to practice also and today they chose the lake I was standing by. Two helicopters circled over my head three times and lowered a crewman to the ice. He used an auger to check the ice thickness then they made a practice pickup. They were from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, about ten miles from here. S.A.N.G. has the rare distinction (if I remember correctly) of being the only military base having all five military branches stationed there as well as a Border Patrol unit. Canada is just across the river. Notice in 3 & 4 the second helicopter standing by, either to observe & rate or maybe "just in case".