Originally Posted by
Bald Paul
Unless you watch a truck drive over it first, DON'T RISK IT.
I don't go out on our local lake unless I see ice fishing huts and (preferably) snowmobiles on the ice. Then I go straight to the nearest fisher and ask how thick the ice is... if it's more than 6" I have no worries. This is a lake that is spring-fed and has no streams running into or out of it... running water under the ice can cause thin spots.
This ice was about 10" thick... plenty safe!