11-27-2013, 06:53 PM
I will confirm that a portable ice hut of some sort with a heater is the absolute best way to keep your holes open.
as for your tipups. I build a half moon crator around my hole on those nasty windy days. it helps to keep the snow blowing over. I still get snow in my hole. I go and open it back up about once an hour.
stiritng the water from the bottom of the hole to the top after skimming helps to keep your hole open a little while longer than not.
personaly, I sit out in the open on the ice. and since I am sitting at my hole anyways, it is not a problem for me to dip my hole every couple minutes.
as for your tipups. I build a half moon crator around my hole on those nasty windy days. it helps to keep the snow blowing over. I still get snow in my hole. I go and open it back up about once an hour.
stiritng the water from the bottom of the hole to the top after skimming helps to keep your hole open a little while longer than not.
personaly, I sit out in the open on the ice. and since I am sitting at my hole anyways, it is not a problem for me to dip my hole every couple minutes.