A man ice fishing on Lake of the Woods was rescued after he found himself stuck on a thin patch of ice and surrounded by water.

The Lake of the Woods Sheriff's Office says the man from Winsted, Minnesota, was on the lake ice with his portable fish house when he found himself becoming trapped.

He called authorities at around 1:10 p.m. Thursday to report being surrounded "by approximately 400 feet of open water and standing on thin ice."

It sparked an emergency response from multiple agencies, with the sheriff's office bringing its airboat to the lake, which deputies and fire and rescue personnel used to conduct a rescue at the Fred's Beds access, northwest of Hackett.

The man was brought safely to shore without any injury.

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