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Ice anglers stranded, rescued near Duluth: 'Lake Superior is not forgiving' Katie Galioto and Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune DULUTH – The fish were biting, and John and Porter Smith were sheltered from the freezing windchill in their icehouse just off the shore of Lake Superior on Feb. 9. Then they heard a crack. The cousins were among 26 anglers stranded on an ice floe that broke away from the shoreline near 21st Avenue East in Duluth. The Duluth Fire Department received a call around 11 a.m. from a resident who saw the smattering of ice huts floating away, and crews rescued ...

A large group of fishermen had been fishing in individual fish houses when the ice that they had been on separated from shore. The Duluth Fire Department got the call. The Coast Guard, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Rescue Squad and the Duluth Police Department provided assistance.