Posted on 12/18/2009 10:26:18 AM PST by Tom Hawks
One of my favorite pastimes is fishing. Ever since I was a young boy growing up in Northern Minnesota, I have enjoyed the leisure sport of fishing. In the last 5 years I have taken up the sport of fly Fishing and found it to be even more enjoyable then fishing with a reel and worms. I have fished many rivers and in many states across this vast country, but I have never ventured outside of America to fish.
I always thought that someday I might like to fish in Canada. Then after watching this video and seeing how they fish up there, I have decided to stay in the United States and fish like I have become accustomed. Take a look at this video and see why I am not a great fan of the way they fish North of the U.S. border.
Insane Canadian Fishermen Video
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We used to do that after our Saturday night sauna.
Wouldn’t do that nowadays though. Old ticker wouldn’t stand it.
We were strong as young bulls back in the day.
What is the water temp?
The piece off ice they cut out is about 2 ft thick so I’d say pretty damned cold!
Insane is right! LOL
Actually, the water is warmer than the air, or it would be frozen. So it is actually much nicer in the water then it is out of the water. However, eventually your body temp would drop and you would suffer from hypothermia and die. So for short periods of time it is fine, but not much more.
Also, when you get out, the air temperature would begin freezing the water on your body. I would hope these two have a running vehicle with the heater going or they will be sorry.
When you think about it, it can't be less than 32 or it would be ice. But it isn't much greater either. (The fish taken out of such water are incredibly delicious.)
Uffda....and those folks are speaking in “Brainerd” tongue.
A windless day greatly helps.
For some reason, extreme shrinkage comes to mind.
For fresh water under the ice it will be 4 deg C (temperature of maximum density of fresh water).
Water is a unique substance — it’s density increases until it reaches about 39* F. That allows the colder water to rise to the top — where ice forms at 32*F. Ice can get much, much colder.
In a shallow, frozen lake, the bottom layer will eventually be 39*F, and the top layer will be 32* F. If water behaved like any other liquid, lakes would freeze from the bottom up & fishing wouldn’t be so good in most of Canada.
BTW, that ice isn’t very thick by the standards of the far north. Six feet of ice is pretty common there — if you don’t want to spend all day chopping and sawing, you need a gas-powered ice auger.
Like a frightened turtle! It also is a natural protection from toothy predators like pike and musky.
When I was in medical school we watched a video in physiology class demonstrating the effects of jumping into hot water, tepid water, and ice cold water. The thing I remember was that without equivocation the subjects blood pressure jumped up to an astonishing degree (stroke levels)by jumping into icy cold water. There was massive vasoconstriction peripherally, shunting blood to vital central organs.
Nope. The heat transfer from/to water vs. air is *many* times greater. Cold water will kill you dead *much* faster than air at the same temperature.
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