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<blockquote data-quote="duckfish" data-source="post: 388908" data-attributes="member: 17136"><p>I've done it far more than I care to. I try to avoid it as best I can but sometimes you just can't. This past winter I was on the Chesapeake Bay and had a mile of very thick ice pack blow in between us and the ramp. It had been a nearly clear 6 mile run to the blind with only some small patches of thin skim ice. Weather had turned very ugly and the only option was to force thru it. Tried finding my way around it in the thick fog but it had completely filled the cove where the ramp was.</p><p></p><p>It can be done, certainly not as well or as easily as with a prop. The wretched sound of ice cubes in a blender coming from your jet pump is tough to take. My advice is avoid it whenever you can, don't purposely attempt anything more than about 1" thick and turn back and go home if it's on a large flowing river. That can get real dangerous, real quick. Rather not say how I know other than that was in my younger & dumber days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="duckfish, post: 388908, member: 17136"] I've done it far more than I care to. I try to avoid it as best I can but sometimes you just can't. This past winter I was on the Chesapeake Bay and had a mile of very thick ice pack blow in between us and the ramp. It had been a nearly clear 6 mile run to the blind with only some small patches of thin skim ice. Weather had turned very ugly and the only option was to force thru it. Tried finding my way around it in the thick fog but it had completely filled the cove where the ramp was. It can be done, certainly not as well or as easily as with a prop. The wretched sound of ice cubes in a blender coming from your jet pump is tough to take. My advice is avoid it whenever you can, don't purposely attempt anything more than about 1" thick and turn back and go home if it's on a large flowing river. That can get real dangerous, real quick. Rather not say how I know other than that was in my younger & dumber days. [/QUOTE]
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