Ice Safety

If you will be going out on the ice this winter please assume that "There is no safe ice" and read the information on this web page put together by the US Army. No fish is worth losing your life over. Play it safe and have fun.

Finding North

Lost your compass? Finding North without a compass can be a challenge but if you have an analog wrist watch on you can still find North with ease.

One way to use your watch as a compass is to:
1. Find a straight stick & push it into the ground.
2. Hold your watch on the top of the stick
3. Rotate the watch until the hour hand lines up with the shadow of the stick
4. 12 o'clock is now pointing North.

Another way of using your watch to find North is to:
1. Get a blade of grass, or a short straight twig, or a match to use as a pointer
2. Hold your watch horizontally, with the hour hand pointing in the sun's direction
3. Lay the blade of grass or match across the middle of your watch, halfway between the hour hand and the 12.
4. The grass blade or match will then be pointing North.