Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: raven44875 on January 23, 2011, 08:24:43 AM
Title: ice anchors?
Post by: raven44875 on January 23, 2011, 08:24:43 AM
does anybody use ice anchors?i recently bought a pop up shanty and got to use it for the first time yesterday.it was kind of windy yesterday and i used the anchors that came with the shanty and they were hard to get in the ice.is there a easier way to get these things in.i thought about rigging up something with my cordless drill.or maybe just drilling some pilot holes.hoping to get some ideas.thanks everyone.
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: Showdown on January 23, 2011, 11:09:54 AM
I know they make a special tool to go on the end of a cordless drill just for that purpose... this should help!
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: raven44875 on January 23, 2011, 11:27:43 AM
thank you that will be a nice tool to have.
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: snowcone on January 23, 2011, 05:41:37 PM
hey i think youll enjoy your pop up once ya get used to it,i have an eskimo pop up and the screws are built like a tee handle they really dig in pretty well yeah i was out on wingfoot sat and the wind was goin pretty good cant say it wasnt rough getting set up by myself i learned to tie a rope to my shanty and hook it to my belt because i chased that rascal accross the lake last year...
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: mousejam515 on January 23, 2011, 10:12:40 PM
i have a clam 2000 and when there was no snow it was a sailboat. I just bought some 6 inch lag bolts and drilled a few holes in the floor of the shanty. and if its going to be windy i take the cordless drill along and zip them right in.
James
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: bruce136 on January 24, 2011, 04:22:16 PM
What kind of shanty did you buy? We have an Eskimo and the anchors that come with it screw into the ice pretty easily. If I were you, I would see about getting some of those anchors. If you go to the Eskimo website, you can actually get the anchors cheaper than anywhere else I have found.
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: raven44875 on January 25, 2011, 02:40:45 PM
are those eskimo anchors real pointy?
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: davidhoheisel on January 25, 2011, 03:11:48 PM
Doug stewart uses a method of a rope with a 14 inch aluminum tube tied to one end and he has those mountain clips attached to the other for a quick snap on and snap off. He drills a hole and places the tube in the hole. Then he attaches the other end to the shanty. This is for a permanent shanty but i think it might work for the tent if you make it tight when tying off on the shanty and doing the same on all 4 sides.
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: bruce136 on January 25, 2011, 03:21:19 PM
The Eskimo anchors are very pointy. They go in the ice with little pressure. They thread out super easy too.
Title: Re: ice anchors?
Post by: mikeL on January 25, 2011, 09:54:29 PM
you must have a clam cause their anchors are the hard ones to use. sugest buying some eskimo ice anchors thats what i did for my clam thermal