NEAR DEATH ON THE ICE. Intense footage from pike fishing trip that went wrong. 

couldn’t everyone else tell almost exactly when he was going to fall in?

This is an amazing example of exactly what NOT TO DO

For those reading: How to avoid this, 1) no spud bar to check the ice 2) when on thin ice, look at the forecast, good ice in the morning does not mean good ice in the afternoon 3) when you fall in, always go back the way you came from, you already walked in that direction, you know the ice can support you. Stay safe

Great job on showing what happens on an inch and a half of ice

This almost looks intentional

I don't know but seems like bro wanted to fall in for the video. Thanks for making us all aware of the danger of attempting to fall through ice. 😊

Sorry but this was pretty dumb… when the ice is already breaking once, why is he standing again?! You have to distribute the weight over the surface, so why was he not crawling…

You're really rooting for the ice by the end.

Let's walk to the most fragile ice possible!!! Brilliant!!!

Strange decision to work towards the crack where there is less ice than going back the way he came.

Holy shit buddy! Glad you're ok. Lesson learned the hard way. Glad you made it

Thanks for the demonstration sir! Glad you made it out

Scary stuff man, glad you made it Markus! 💪🙏

Glad you made it out 🙏 ice was way to thin and patchy out there

Vad skönt att det gick bra för Markus!! Och STORT TACK för att ni delar detta, det är bra att visa hur snabbt det kan från OK is till farlig is.

Was this intentional?... who falls through the ice twice 15 seconds apart...?

Fan vilken skräck alltså! Kollade två gånger och är riktigt imponerad av att han behåller lugnet och hur han tacklar situationen. Skönt att allt gick bra!

Aldrig knuffat på en video så mycket. Jobbigt bara att titta på. Starkt gjort ❤

Well done for keeping your composure and getting to land. Sadly if you where older it might have been fatal.

Holy buckets glad you made it out! As a big dude I think about this every ice season on lakes, this happens to me a lot on trout streams though, but not to this degree 😲

I'm so glad that ge is ok! I'm curious about "what hapened next". Was is the main land or an island he got to shore on? If island, how did he get of? I asume he retvied the sleeds the morning after when the ice got a chance to set again? ❤ Thanks for sharing the not so fabolus and actually dangerous sides of fishing! I hope Markus is well and not got any issues after the accident. ❤

Here in North Dakota and in Minnesota we have had several go in who have not been so lucky. Ice is sketchy this winter on a lot of lakes.😔 Glad you made it and hope you got your gear back.

Hello my dear friend. that was perfect. Thank you. I am waiting for your next movies. I hope that your channel will become a million.❤❤❤

Riktigt vidrigt att se. Hade lätt kunnat sluta helt annorlunda det där😢. Extra otrevligt då isen bara fortsätter att spricka. Glad det gick bra!

Normally one is supposed to take the same way back if you go in. But here the shore is significantly closer and it might even be his house. All and all a real wake-up call and I think the person in question will take even further care on sketchy spring ice in the future.

This looks like a training video it looks like he knew he'd fall in. Good thing you had those ice picks!

I was around 10 yrs old when i was ice scating in a semi remote area (few hundred meters from houses) on a small slow river that froze where people often go to ice scate and walk once the ice is thick enough (but not where i was, few hundred meters back close to houses).. anyway i was ice scating.. had full thick winter gear on me.. and was with few "friends".. at one point i heard the ice making scary sounds.. and it broke under me while i was ice scating quite fast... i went over 5m under the ice and about 5m down (i remember touching the bottom and seeing under ice, it was quite clear).. i remember feeling extremely heavey due to the thick jacket, heavy ice scates and other stuff i had on me.. because i was a good swimmer i managed to swim back to the hole where i fell through.. once there i tried to climb up.. but because the ice wasn't thick enough... i just kept falling through it until i reached the area where it could hold my weight.. (i spread my legs and arms to have less weight on the surface).. i was around 30m from the shore where i fell through.. so it took quite a while until i reached close enough to grab the rope that some people eventually trew at me.. all in all.. i survived and got out.. people that helped me brought me inside the house close by and gave me dry clothes and sat me next to fire.. until my parents came.. i went to the hospital later and other than having a few cuts.. i was ok all in all.. it was a VERY scary experience.. especially for such a small boy

Seriously? Did you not notice that no one else was on the ice? Your extremely luckly and I am glad you lived to post the video.

Detta är mina föräldrars sommarstuga. Vi alla är så glada att det gick bra för dig!

I'm so curious how did you get out there and In that awful position? The ice was very clearly not safe idk I'm confused

Starkt jobbat! Och skönt att det slutade bra! ❤ läskigt att se hur illa de kan gå när man är ute på tunn is.

I'm glad you made it Marcus but last sentence in a description: "Spring is dangerous on the ice so be careful!" for me sounds more like "so don't go on the ice"... I know in Sweden ice fishing is big part of the season but still. Cheers!

Unless you are just trying to try out some new safety equipment, "YOU CANT FIX STUPID!"

Lol 😂 I'm watching the video like don't cross the crack you will fall; then he falls. Gets back up and I think, please don't walk on the patchy ice and then 😂

Duuuude….. I’m happy you made it out but damn brother, I could see where the ice was too thin to be out there. Wow man….. what a crazy experience you went through. Blessings !

This made my neck muscles hurt SO BAD from the tension! Here in Michigan, it's an "Every Winter" worry, that thankfully most recognize. I'm so happy this ended well!

Dude brought 6 rods and a sled a ❤cooler a monster tackle box, I think I saw a collapsible chair and the kitchen sink as he approaches the middle of the lake Wich clearly has a big watery crack running through it 10 ft from him. A clear sign ice is weak. In America we call that a jackass. God bless you

This is a good opportunity for all of us to take account of our abilities and reevaluate our security measures when out on both the ice and the water. Take care everyone and stay safe! Very glad to hear it went well for Markus! 🤗

I'm absolutely learning fro Markus' misfortune. Thank you for the upload.

Vilket lugn!Starkt och jobbigt att titta på. Vad skönt att det gick bra👍

Firstly, I'm glad that he's alright! However: "Comments like "He should've know the ice was this bad" etc won't be appreciated. The ice wasn't bad when he went out, it went bad because of the sun and when he realized he started heading towards the shoreline." I mean, someone ought to tell him if he couldn't figure that out himself. There's open water along the shoreline for god sake, and there's no way a thing like that just happens after a few hours of sun. The ice doesn't go from good to bad in a matter of hours. "We are experienced on the ice and know when troubles might occur, and still end up in situations like this." Lots of people die going through ice during springtime simply because they think they're experienced and know how the ice behave. Being out on the ice a lot and not going through is not to be experienced, it's just being lucky. Deciding to go out on that ice in the first place is just reckless.

Didn't he ever learn not to WALK on such fragile ice? When you realize that the ice is so weak, you're supposed to spread your weight by laying down and slide/crawl on it to safety, he had several warnings and still kept walking. I hope he learned his lesson.

Born for the second time! Thank God every day for keeping you alive! Please don't be offended by me, but with this level of intelligence, you only need to fish at home in the bathroom. I have more than 30 years of experience in winter fishing, and I can say that if the ice was good in the morning, then no amount of sun will melt it during the day. From the very morning the ice was completely unsuitable for walking on it... It’s just that you either don’t understand anything about it, or without experience, alone, in the spring (when ice is 20 times more dangerous than in the fall), you went without an ice pick on the ice... It's just crazy. I hope that this incident will improve your attitude towards your life a little. I was lying on my bed and almost had a heart attack while watching this video.

This man didn’t say 1 word the entire time 🤣 I wouldn’t have been able to keep my mouth shut! HELP!!! 😂 it’s crazy how all the ice just kept breaking the whole way. How did you even get out there in the first place?!

Its like hes looking for the worst possible place to walk you can see the crack then he walks straight into it

No way this guy is a real person… It’s like he tried to do everything to fall in 🤯

Fan va läskigt! Gott å se att du klarade dig 🙌🏼🤩

Been there done that lol glad you made it out! I was a Local firefighter and I was not going to get rescued by my coworkers lol I would have never heard the end of it. You did well getting out of that mess!

Always go back the way you came. You know the ice is thick enough to hold you if you already walked on it. Glad you’re okay. Stay safe and bring a spud bar lol

As someone who fishes everyday during the springs,summers,and, falls This video reminds me why i take a 3 month break from it, Glad your okay man.

Bästa reklamfilmen för "fiskekompis" och för ispik jag sett. Samt grundkursen i iskunskap. Tur att det gick bra!

Jag satt helt skräckslagen å kolla med gråten i ögonen, tur att det gick bra! En tankeställare att själv vara extra försiktig!!!

if the surface was that bad coming back, was it not the same when heading out?

Bro saw a crack and clearly open water in between it and just went in it for no reason

Vårisar kan vara rejält förrädiska ! Så fint, lugnt och metodiskt du jobbade på i en situation som lätt skapar panik. Skönt att det gick bra i slutändan.

It's very difficult to stay determined let alone move at all in that kind of water. Props for having the right tools and the will to live and get yourself to safety 💪

Good thing you had your camera! The cameraman never dies

Good for him he got out of it. But in hindsight you should start to scream Help when you got energy and moment for it. And first if you must go fish in ice that is so thin and in spring sun, why dont you have a survival suit on? Yes they cost about 1000 euros but the fish arent worth of your life. But good that you had ice spikes with you, lot of people dont use them and that may be fatal choice. But good that he kept calm and got out!

Wow.. Bara WOW!!! Alltså man verkligen kände varje andetag och kampen från början till slut. Det är en lärdom för alla.

I love how the poster added in description "The ice wasn't bad when he went out, it went bad because of the sun and when he realized he started heading towards the shoreline". No, no that's not what went wrong. He fell through the ice because it was THIN, from the start, not from the sun. I love fishing as much as the next guy, but when conditions are not good yet to ice fish, you don't go out until they do! Inches of ice is what is needed to support your weight, not an inch that easily breaks apart. Glad he got out with his life, many are not so lucky!

Bro that ice is like 1.5" thick at most and late in the season its been weakened by the longer days and warming sun. What were you even thinking going in the first place? Coming from an avid icefisherman myself.

If ice will go bad from a few hours of sunlight in -5 degrees Celsius weather then I think one can only conclude that the ice was bad to begin with. Having one patch of good ice where you start shouldn't be interpreted as a sign that it's good everywhere. How many spots did he check the thickness during the day? What were the numbers? Did that testing identify sketchy areas on the lake or patterns? I don't mean to sound like a know it all, because I am far from it. I just follow the instructions of the guys in charge of our lake, who are pretty knowledgeable. But this season when they shut it down on March 22nd the ice was still at least 15cm thick everywhere. It was a little mushy in spots but nobody was going through. I wondered if they were being overly cautious. But a short 4 days later there wasn't a single patch of ice left on the entire lake! Did they know what they were doing? Absolutely!

Wow man your are one tough dude!! I had something sorta like this happen before. Their was 2.5" inches of solid black ice on lake george one trip and later in the day the sun came out similar to this and started sending cracks across the lake. Pressure cracks. By the time we got towards the shore we came on we realized the shore was all broke up and we had to walk a mile out of our way just to get back off. I have fallen through twice myself. Not fun!! One i was pulled out by a friend and the other i pulled myself out. They were pretty much right in and right out situations. Nothing this bad. Not sure i would have survived this one... Maybe?.. He had no choice but to keep breaking the ice until he was to saftey. Scary shite!! Glad your still here bud! It wasn't your time! Stay safe guys! Fish on! God bless ya!!

that looks like somebody's nightmare, although that last bit was so beautiful, birds singing, blue skies.. I miss the winters

Markus, vad glad jag är att du klarade dig! Sköt om dig! ❤

Why is he walking on 2 inches of ice?

paper thin ice yikes !!! i was breathing as hard as you from just watching the video... glad you made it :)

Daaaamn! Var rädd om dig! Skulle varit intressant med en typ av intervju om hur det gick efteråt

Det här var det läskigaste jag sett på länge! Kan det vara mer nära ögat än detta?

I once had to call 911 because a kid fell through the ice. That year, the ice was very sketchy due to warm temps. What amazes me is that he didn't have a spud bar or spike to pull himself out and didn't even bother to scream for help either. The kid was 70 yards out, and it is a good thing I kept looking back at him while he ventured off the distance.

very common on northen lakes. water is moving under the ice making it thin in some places. you can clearly see it in the video. Glad you are ok

Does it help to crawl?.. Probably not all the way, but through spots like near that crack that gave way initially

Why are you fishing on a half inch of ice? Wth?

Many people wouldnt make it cus they are not fit enough and it would be a sad outcome so give that a thought before you try your luck on thin ice. Any experienced person will see that the ice is thin but lots of people go icefishing without experience...

Damn, hard to believe you made it that far before falling in....Way to stay calm...Those ice picks saved your life no doubt...You stayed calm, but the fact that you were "speaking in tounges" proves it was a tense situation... :)

This would be a good video for every State Dept. of Fish and Game to use for ice safety. It definitely gets your attention, makes you think about how conditions can rapidly change in the spring, and realize how 'on your own' you are often are when out on the ice.

Well you could say that the ice wasn't bad in the morning, but it was way to thin for fishing this time of the year.

Didn't this guy swim under the ice once with two 10 kg pike in each hands? Yeah, he'll be just fine ;) All jokes a side. Be very careful with ice. Especially this time of the year. I've known a few people that have drowned from going through the ice.

Det kunde ha slutat riktigt illa!var rädd om dig ❤️😁

Experiences like this change you, good job. Been there a couple times and I was humbled. Having the right gear is crucial, if you wouldn't have had the hand spikes it would have been much harder. But you would have made it.

Fy Markus, så starkt av dig, vilket fokus du kopplade på när du föll i, inte ett ljud, Fick inte panik och började skrika utan var knäpptyst och började jobba!

Thick safe ice with generous safety margins does not turn into a death trap in a few hours. If you find ice fishing worth to die for, by all means go ahead.

I've never been ice fishing before in my life and even I could have seen this coming. Who walks on an edge like that? And if you fell through in a spot earlier, wouldn't you take that as a sign that the ice isn't thick enough to be walking on?

You did well, staying calm, taking a break while remaining focused on getting ashore

Alltid samma väg man kom alltid! Där bär isen

Well planned and rehearsed

Thank you. What mental and physical strength - and showing the importance of always having isdubbar. One question from a very seasoned skater: Why didn't you go back to the place where the ice had been stable? The first rule we learn in the skating club when we fall in is to turn towards the direction where we fell in.

Thank God you survived. That is scary. Glad you had the ice picks.

Not buying it….This was on purpose.

How did you even get out there? Could have been casting tomorrow

Hats off good fight, never let go, happend to me 3 times but never did it good like you did or as far. Thank God

Glad you survived that event!!!! WOW!!!!

Good this went well in the end. It looked he chose the route where ice is darkest, and it broke immediately, was it also most thin there, compare to more white color ice?

Que buen video, saludos desde chile 🇨🇱 me cagué de frio viendolo

Fyfaen!! Sterkt og holde seg rolig når isen gir etter så mange ganger.

Fy fan va skönt att allt gick bra med dig 💜

always come out the way you came in! it held you up before you fell, you know it is the most solid

Hell yeah let’s try again tomorrow ice looks great. Good to see you didn’t die.

Wonder if he still has a 'A Bad Day Fishing Is Still Better Than A Good Day Working' bumper sticker?

Fyfan! Din jäkla krigare. Skötte det lugnt och metodiskt. Skönt att du klarade dig ❤️