08-06-2007, 08:19 PM
Good idea Kent. It is always easier to tune up the ice gear in good weather. I give mine a good cleaning every spring. Never thought of using the sun to get a good even coat of wax. Good thinking!
Since this thread has taken a ice/minnow/equipment turn, I have been thinking about rigging a minnow trap to be used through the ice this winter. Quite often I have schools of minnows cruise through while I'm sitting on the ice. It would be really fun to catch minnows while I'm there. Fresh minnows in January!
Since it has to be less than 8" in diameter(10" for those with big power augers), I was thinking of a 2-litre bottle with funnels crafted into the side of the bottle so the minnows can enter. Little thinset or cement in the bottom of the bottle for easy/fast sink, hole drilled in the top of the bottle for air escape, and a rope to lower, might just work. Don't know how I'll get them out though! Any ideas for a trap door...
Maybe I'll experiment with hardware fabric and Jclips.
Watch for me next winter...I'll be the one stuffing crazy contraptions down ice holes[crazy]
Again I ramble on...
Chester
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Since this thread has taken a ice/minnow/equipment turn, I have been thinking about rigging a minnow trap to be used through the ice this winter. Quite often I have schools of minnows cruise through while I'm sitting on the ice. It would be really fun to catch minnows while I'm there. Fresh minnows in January!
Since it has to be less than 8" in diameter(10" for those with big power augers), I was thinking of a 2-litre bottle with funnels crafted into the side of the bottle so the minnows can enter. Little thinset or cement in the bottom of the bottle for easy/fast sink, hole drilled in the top of the bottle for air escape, and a rope to lower, might just work. Don't know how I'll get them out though! Any ideas for a trap door...
Maybe I'll experiment with hardware fabric and Jclips.
Watch for me next winter...I'll be the one stuffing crazy contraptions down ice holes[crazy]
Again I ramble on...
Chester
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