BAYFIELD, WI (AP)-- A fishing guide has died after his snowmobile went through the ice on Lake Superior off Bayfield, Wisconsin.
The Ashland County Sheriff's Office says James Hudson, 34, of Bayfield, broke through in the channel between Long Island and the mainland.
Authorities received the call shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday. The U.S. Coast Guard says a bystander may have tried to pull Hudson from the water, but kept falling through the ice. Rescue crews pulled Hudson from the lake about a half-hour later. He was pronounced dead at a Duluth hospital.
The Duluth News Tribune says Hudson guided anglers year-round on Lake Superior. His wife garnered worldwide attention last summer for a picture she took of a man and his elderly dog resting in Lake Superior on a summer day.
