Fish Lake Manitoba Narrows » Archives » Soon to Be : Winter fishing is on thin ice

For a dark, frozen moment, Eugene Rafuse was sure he was going to die.Cracks in the ice - first one, then many - had risen in front of his snow-grooming machine as he drove over Lake Simcoe with his son, Kyle, then 15. Gunning the engine, Mr. Rafuse almost got through the danger zone when the weight of the ice-fishing hut he was towing proved too much. The groomer was pulled into the frozen water.