sense , we would have had 150 arrests out there today . '' Watch sheriff express frustration '' A spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard said the person who died fell in the water when the ice floe broke away from land . View ice safety tips '' `` We have rescued more than 150 people , and unfortunately there were two people in the water , '' Chief Petty Officer Robert Lanier said . `` One of the people was recovered and brought to shore , '' but the other man was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital . `` This was wrong . These people endangered the life of volunteer firemen , -LSB- and -RSB- the United States Coast Guard , '' Bratton said , estimating the cost of the sheriff 's office response at $ 25,000 . `` I 'm sure that 's going to climb . '' Bratton told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the fishermen displayed poor judgment in building a makeshift bridge to get from one section of the ice to the other . `` I have no problem with people ice fishing , but these idiots should realize that when you
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An Ohio sheriff had harsh words for ice fishermen who had to be rescued Saturday after high winds and rising temperatures caused an ice floe to break away and strand about 150 of them on Lake Erie . People were stuck when an 8-mile-long chunk of Lake Erie ice broke away near Toledo , Ohio . The incident , in which one person was pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital , came after the National Weather Service issued a warning that ice floes could break away from the main ice area in the western section of the lake . At least some of those rescued were fishermen . `` This just cost the taxpayers a ton of money , '' Ottawa County , Ohio , Sheriff Bob Bratton said . `` We lost a life out there today . ... I 'm sorry a man lost his life out there today . These people should have known better . '' Bratton said those rescued should never have been on Lake Erie in the first place because weather conditions made it risky , and `` if there was a section in the code about common