Author Topic: Hole wont freeze up! I hope (Read 4563 times)

Mainehazmt · « **on:** Sep 05, 2006, 12:40 PM »

Has anybody used the item called hot ring? supposed to keep your hole from freezing ?

If not Ill be the first one to give a review of them this year I bought a set of 8" ones

archbishop · « **Reply #1 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 12:44 PM »

Quote from: Mainehazmt on Sep 05, 2006, 12:40 PM

Has anybody used the item called hot ring? supposed to keep your hole from freezing ?

If not Ill be the first one to give a review of them this year I bought a set of 8" ones

how do they work? its kind of a weird shap, do you set them over or under your tip ups, and how long do they last?i personally wouldnt use them, i like getting up and walking around when the bite is slow and cleaning my holes and checking my bait

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #2 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 12:53 PM »

I take it you hook them to a 12 vt battery and put them in the hole with the tip up I usually dont mind checking the tip ups but mostly insurance for night time when ya might fall asleep lol after partaking in a day of festivities in the shack Lost 2 laker traps last year to freezing in and 2 to an idiot driver at 2 in the am that saw a light on in my shack (not far from a bar on long lake)

archbishop · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 01:25 PM »

thats a good point, i guess i have just never fished over night, that would be a good ideaq, but it seems like alot of weight to be carying those, extra batteries

plus, do you have to leave them conected to the battery, or just charge them

and do you have to be careful they dont melt right down into the water

perchnut · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 02:24 PM »

those look like some of the 'items' i get spam emailed to me from some of those 'adult toy sites'...

Im hoping to get into some heavy night time fishing this year....let us know how they work....

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 05:56 PM »

Im thinking one of those jumper packs or gel cell battery the rings are light and would float supossed to heat up to 125 degrees

crowkiller · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 06:09 PM »

sounds like they would be a good seat warmer for those bucket fishermen on those cold days

molsonport · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 06:48 PM »

whats the price tag on them? sounds like alot more weight if you need a battery for each.

grumpymoe · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 07:24 PM »

interesting!!...once the batteries go dead, you can setup a jacktrap pitch outside the shanty!!...RINGER!! Grump

Skipper · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 07:52 PM »

I have fished in some god forsaken cold, and with Frabill thermal tipups my holes don't freeze. Granted, I check my bait and touch up the hole every 30 min or so, but who doesn't? Hole heaters seem like more stuff to drag out on the ice. The more stuff you drag out, the harder it is to move. The harder it is to move, the less you move. The less you move, the fewer fish you are gonna catch (in most cases). Always pack light.

akdg · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 08:11 PM »

Whatever happened to just putting snow over/around your hole to keep it from freezing? (for tip-ups) Try it some time, it's the best insulator and there is usualy a bit of it around

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 10:00 PM »

Quote from: Skipper on Sep 05, 2006, 07:52 PM

I have fished in some god forsaken cold, and with Frabill thermal tipups my holes don't freeze. Granted, I check my bait and touch up the hole every 30 min or so, but who doesn't? Hole heaters seem like more stuff to drag out on the ice. The more stuff you drag out, the harder it is to move. The harder it is to move, the less you move. The less you move, the fewer fish you are gonna catch (in most cases). Always pack light.

I\dont move much! Love my shack! I tend to pack heavy! food beer ect......(hard to tell wife Im going to the shack if I dont bring bait and poles dont ya know)

Desperado · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 05, 2006, 10:02 PM »

Go ice fishin
Have fun
Drink a couple beers
Pee in the hole

it adds just enough salinity that the hole won't freeze over

Skipper · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 06, 2006, 06:03 PM »

I will second the pee idea!!!

It Really works!

brujharr · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 06, 2006, 09:03 PM »

This, has to be a inside JOKE! Set, of three, for a eight hole! Dose's the little one boil, and the big one stays luke-warm? 12 volt batteries? Parallel or series, 12, 24, 36 volt's?

Mainedog · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 06, 2006, 09:05 PM »

You crazy hole peeing, horse shoe tossing ice fisherman!
I crack me up!

esox slayer · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 07, 2006, 05:42 AM »

Quote from: brujharr on Sep 06, 2006, 09:03 PM

This, has to be a inside JOKE! Set, of three, for a eight hole! Dose's the little one boil, and the big one stays luke-warm? 12 volt batteries? Parallel or series, 12, 24, 36 volt's?

I think the pic is illustrating the fact that you buy the size ring according to the size hole your auger drills....as far as 12 volt batteries for each one, that sounds nuts!! Esox

Bean · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 07, 2006, 06:30 AM »

They say you can hook up 5 to one 12v battery. I doubt they supply you with any wire to run that though. I usually don't keep my tip-ups close to each other, so that would be some serious yards of wire to run. Also, they want $48 for 2 of these things before shipping costs. I could see some use for them in a permanent shanty that you don't want your holes to freeze overnight, but that's about it. JMO.

CNY Farmer · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 07, 2006, 07:44 AM »

If you had alot of tip-ups you would have enough wire on the ice to wire a house

perchnut · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 10:55 AM »

I wont fish in your toilet.....so dont go peeing in my hole!!

IceholeFisherman · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 12, 2006, 02:37 PM »

Put it on a 5 gallon bucket. Should make a great toilet seat. THAT'LL KEEP THAT HOLE FROM FREEZEING UP!

TJG · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 13, 2006, 11:56 PM »

Quote from: perchnut on Sep 12, 2006, 10:55 AM

I wont fish in your toilet.....so dont go peeing in my hole!!

ROTFLMAO

archbishop · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 14, 2006, 07:57 AM »

Quote from: perchnut on Sep 12, 2006, 10:55 AM

I wont fish in your toilet.....so dont go peeing in my hole!!

why not? i just missed a big brown the other day

Shrek · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 08, 2006, 09:51 AM »

Buddy picked up a couple and the snow was drifting in the holes pretty bad ,they seemed to work pretty well, it was about 5 degrees out, We get some days it's 10 to 20 below and holes ice up in minutes and it is a pain on all night trips to keep a bunch of holes open @ 20 below. We have been using cans and charcoal but this can get spendy, I hope they work out , because I,m going to get a couple for those bitter cold days when I want to set a couple lines outside the shack. We're headed out this weekend for a camping trip on the lake we'll get to see them in action.

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 08, 2006, 11:06 AM »

Quote from: Shrek on Dec 08, 2006, 09:51 AM

We're headed out this weekend for a camping trip on the lake we'll get to see them in action.

Let me know well they work I hope they were worth the bucks I payed out this time lol

Shrek · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 12, 2006, 11:43 AM »

Made it out fishing Saturday 12/09/06 but weather was so nice we did not need them, did not do the overnight trip we planned

to many honey do's , shopping and shipping out gifts to relatives

But as soon as it's cold enough to drag them out I'll post

Dfrenzy · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 04, 2007, 06:57 PM »

I have always used a little baby oil in my hole works while i'm fishing and keeps the ice off the line but i'm not an extrem cold weather person.

Mainehazmt · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 05, 2007, 07:41 AM »

those things didnt work!!!! returning them

Hollywood703 · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 12:43 PM »

Might check out this post....might change your mind

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=48016.0

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