Did I miss something here?
Stanley20Footer...no offence please, but you seem to be taking a different approach to your responses. Mid-life crisis
First that fishing isn't physical enough to be a work out, now you're dissing ice fishing? I know that I don't come home from a fishing trip thinking of how good of a work out it was, nor do I care. As for ice fishing... I think it's a major work out. Walking across a frozen lake, pulling all of your fishing stuff, wearing clothes that prevent you from scratching your butt is a pretty darn good work-out.
Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
However, I do agree that it's a terrible, terrible shame that accidents do occur....but it sickens me to hear it and my heart goes out to those affected just like it does during soft water accidents.
Cheers