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LITTLE SUAMICO, Wis. - Seven men and a boy were rescued by airboat after they became stranded by a huge crack in the ice of Green Bay that kept them from reaching shore. While the eight were brought back to land, two other ice fishermen declined rescue and decided to stay and fish.
An Oconto County sheriff's dispatcher said Tuesday she had no reports of trouble for the two who decided to stay on the ice Monday. Deputy Troy Sherman told the Green Bay Press-Gazette the two know the bay and wanted to stay.
The fishermen were stranded after winds picked up on the bay and a narrow crack in the ice widened to 30 feet.
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