For the second time in one week, ice anglers on the bay off of Sand Point Bay Road in Nasewaupee had to be rescued after the ice separated offshore.  The United States Coast Guard (USCG), the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Nasewaupee Fire Department, and the Door County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of about a dozen ice anglers stranded about a mile offshore near Larsen’s Reef.  United States Coast Guard Officer in Charge Chris Zahn says the ice separated about 30 feet and required the USCG and DNR airboats to be deployed. 

All eleven ice fishermen were safely returned to shore, and the rescue operation took over two hours to complete. Emergency personnel cleared the scene at about 4:15 p.m. Last Friday morning, the Nasewaupee Fire Department rescued two anglers off the ice in the same general area of Green Bay.