Tragic Loss

[HemlockNailer]

A 6 year boy lost his life yesterday when he broke thru the ice on Van Etten Lake in Oscoda. Please parents, tell your children about the dangers of first ice.

[da fish hunter]

wow thats really sad since i have a cottage rite next to it i didn't even thing their was any ice on it yet thats a reality check 4 me about being risky on that lake i've tested the waters on that lake too many times with to many scary situtations. and i'm heading up their next week or the week after too . its sad :sad::(:sad::(

[bucknduck]

I caught only a glimps of the news and thought they all made it out. Yesterday morning on my way to work a large van was coming up fast so I moved out of its way. It was the State Police Underwater Recovery unit. I got a sick feeling in my stomach because he was heading in that same direction. When I got home my wife told me that they found the 6 yr old.

[MrBluegill]

one of my good ice fishin buddies also lost his life last week when he was fishin out in his conoe he must of fliped it and drownd....they had the search chopper out all night shineng the water for his body...they recoverd his body the next day......soo please guys be safe out on that ice or even if your just out fishing the soft water in this cold weather.

[eddiejohn4]

That is awful. Im feel so bad for this young boys family.:(

[mikey]

Not to come off sounding like an *****, but did the article mention anything about where the parents (or whoever was watching the child) were??????

[steely171]

From what I understood the boy was 7 and was playing other boys a little older but that was my locale station down here.Ether was I have a son who is 8 and if something like that would happen to or family I would be devastated.once he was boron it was a life changing event.Now that he is old enough to hunt and fish and hunt I take extra precautions to make sure he stays safe.I am trying my bet to teach him to be safe on top of that but boy's will be boy's:dizzy: