12-10-2009, 08:59 PM
I made one that will hold a fishing rod. Its basically the exact same design I just substituted the hinged piece of wood with a hinged piece of pvc that you could stick an ice rod into. The main problem I had is that the rat trap isn't powerful enough to lift a rod with a heavy reel on it. It works good with some of those super cheap ice reels that only weigh a few ounces. The other thing you could try is making some kind of pulley system that will give the rat trap enough power to lift any rod. I might have to work on that.
I've also experimented with some kokanee attractors. I haven't had a chance to experiment with them yet, but as soon as Ririe is frozen I am going to do some more research. The one I've made up is some 13" fish profiles cut out of stainless steel, then I've got four of them about 3 feet apart tied with some 40# test then they hang under a simple cross piece. You turn the cross piece around a few times and the profiles will spin slowly for about 5 minutes. So hopefully that will hold a school of kokes long enough to catch a bunch.
I've had a lot of fun making ice fishing gear, especially when they work.
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I've also experimented with some kokanee attractors. I haven't had a chance to experiment with them yet, but as soon as Ririe is frozen I am going to do some more research. The one I've made up is some 13" fish profiles cut out of stainless steel, then I've got four of them about 3 feet apart tied with some 40# test then they hang under a simple cross piece. You turn the cross piece around a few times and the profiles will spin slowly for about 5 minutes. So hopefully that will hold a school of kokes long enough to catch a bunch.
I've had a lot of fun making ice fishing gear, especially when they work.
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