hard shanty anchor..

[tippin2back]

i usually drill 4 holes through the ice, and tie a rope to a piece of wood and send it down the hole, and anchor the shanty that way, but combining those holes to the 3 i drill to fish out of, it kinda swiss cheezes the ice around the house......when we get a warm spell with rain for a week, makes me wonder during the week what all those holes are doing around my shanty when im not there......just wondering what you all do.....is there a better way??

[Thumber]

Well you got anchor the house, I use 4 lines,I drill my holes drop the lines down, wood to me is not a good idea, using a brick to me is the best anchor, come spring and you cannot retrieve the anchor at least they will sink to the bottom where the wood would float around.

[JIGGIN-]

I have a 4" Nils hand auger that I drill my tie down holes with. Nils hand augers are one of the best if you haven't used one before. I take a 2 x and tie a piece of rope to it and leave about 3 feet of rope. Send the 2 x down the hole and tie a loop on the other end of the rope. I use a ratchet tie down from the loop to the house eyelet.
Easy to adjust and easy to tie down tight. The 4" tie down holes freeze up nice and when they do open up, there smaller than a 10" hole.

JIGGIN.

[ice 45]

Ya i would use something that sinks because wood floating on the water in the spring is no good for boats.

[Capt. Black]

We use 2 crampons that are usually used for ice climbing.  They screw into the ice and we attach ropes to these, at opposite corners.  They work very well holding our shanty in the stiff breeze at Newfound.  You can buy them at EMS.  When we move we just unscrew them and reposition when we get a new spot.  They have worked great for the last 6 years.  Hope this helps.

[rockhound57]

We use 2 crampons that are usually used for ice climbing.  They screw into the ice and we attach ropes to these, at opposite corners.  They work very well holding our shanty in the stiff breeze at Newfound.  You can buy them at EMS.  When we move we just unscrew them and reposition when we get a new spot.  They have worked great for the last 6 years.  Hope this helps.

I looked at those once, until I saw the price:     4 of them were more than my house is worth!
 they called them ice drills

[pirkaus]

Floater or sinker it's polluting
Tie a loop of rope on your anchor of choice, 
drill a hole next to you anhcor and retrieve it when you cut free
Pirk

[timberdoodle]

I usually go out and cut four 12-14 inch limbs an inch or so around. They only need to hold untill it freezes back over. If you can find dry ones, by the time the ice melts they will be so waterlogged they will sink. Natural timber is not what I'd consider polluting the water.

[Capt. Black]

I looked at those once, until I saw the price:     4 of them were more than my house is worth!
 they called them ice drills

We got ours as a present, so I have no idea what the price is.  They do work slick and seem to last.  Good luck.

[KissMyBassNH]

lol how is a brick or a piece of wood polluting the water, the amount of trash and other stuff like left on the ice not to mention the amount of people that **censored** or crap or spill gas on the ice to me is a much bigger deal then a piece of wood or a brick.  

even if you left the wood in the thing would most likely be on shore by the time the ice is gone. i dont see to many boats out on lakes the first day the ice is gone and a small limb or stick isnt going to hurt a boat in my opinion