{"id":120270,"date":"2026-02-19T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/keep-safety-tips-in-mind-while-ice-fishing\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:02:53","modified_gmt":"2029-01-04T05:02:53","slug":"keep-safety-tips-in-mind-while-ice-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/02\/19\/keep-safety-tips-in-mind-while-ice-fishing\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Keep Safety Tips In Mind While Ice Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent fishing report for Helena-area reservoirs began with this disclaimer:  Anglers are reminded that ice conditions can be extremely  variable. Ice thickness can range from thick enough to support a vehicle to open water.  Extreme caution should be used when accessing the ice.<br \/>\n\t  Statewide, ice fishing conditions  are variable. Here are some safety tips to keep in mind:  Anglers and other recreationists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120347,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120270\/revisions\/120347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120270"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=120270"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=120270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}