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Title: Ice Anchor
Post by: P Gottshall on Dec 07, 2004, 09:51 PM

Many of you have already seen this idea, but here it is again for anyone new to the forum.  This is an excellent / cheap ice anchor.  Simply tie it to your shanty, & drop it into an unused hole.

Paul

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/pgottshall/IceAnchor.jpg)

Title: Re: Ice Anchor
Post by: Guy C on Feb 10, 2018, 11:55 AM

  Cool, I will try this.

Title: Re: Ice Anchor
Post by: xiaolu on Nov 17, 2018, 06:30 AM

With all due respect, I think this is great and smart indeed. However I do see a potential serious issue with this setup. On a very cold day and when all is said and done with your day's fishing on ice, the ice hole through which you dropped this thing in may become completely re-freeze over (which I have seen all too often on ice) to such an extent that there is no way you could possibly pull/get this think out of the ice hole (if there is still a hole at all:-)?

Title: Re: Ice Anchor
Post by: filetandrelease on Nov 17, 2018, 06:54 AM

I have been using this method for decades with a piece of flat stock aluminum just drill the hole off center and you can eliminate the extra line and attach a caribiner , I pack snow in the holes just like I do if I want to fish them the next day , I’ve never had to cut it lose ,

Title: Re: Ice Anchor
Post by: VenomInjected on Nov 17, 2018, 07:11 AM

From Lake Simcoe Board

(https://www.lakesimcoemessageboard.com/album/albums/userpics/10002/Ice_Anchor_fw.png)

(https://www.lakesimcoemessageboard.com/album/albums/userpics/10461/ATV_anchor_001s.jpg)

(https://www.lakesimcoemessageboard.com/album/albums/userpics/10461/ATV_anchor_002s.jpg)

Title: Re: Ice Anchor
Post by: filetandrelease on Nov 17, 2018, 07:27 AM

Great anchor,  but if the eyele was just off center it would come straight up the whole , just a thought