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fish4musky1
Posted 11/22/2013 5:57 AM (#674875)
Subject: breaking ice tips





Location: Northern Wisconsin		Never broke ice before but it looks like this weekend there will be some at the landing on the WI River. Any tips or suggestions?
cave run legend
Posted 11/22/2013 6:04 AM (#674877 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





Posts: 2097


Use your net to break the ice to back out.
scmuskies
Posted 11/22/2013 8:41 AM (#674912 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: RE: breaking ice tips





Posts: 258


Location: Mayville, WI		Bring an axe or something stout to bust through if you boat isn't heavy enough. Spud bars work great too.

Watch out for your taillights when backing in!



Edited by scmuskies 11/22/2013 8:42 AM
musky1969
Posted 11/22/2013 11:17 AM (#674946 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips




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If you can get in far enough to lower you motor into the water do that and put it in gear with a little gas while still on the trailer. The thrust will break out a lot of ice!!
Darren
muskymeyer
Posted 11/22/2013 1:46 PM (#674984 - in reply to #674946)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





Posts: 691


Location: nationwide		Chest waders and an 8 foot 2x4.


Corey Meyer
Pointerpride102
Posted 11/22/2013 2:05 PM (#674987 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





Posts: 16632


Location: The desert		C4
Jeff78
Posted 11/22/2013 2:11 PM (#674989 - in reply to #674987)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





Posts: 1660


Location: central Wisconsin		Throw pounders on it.
fish4musky1
Posted 11/22/2013 4:36 PM (#675007 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





Location: Northern Wisconsin		Would shotgun blasts work?
Jeff78
Posted 11/22/2013 4:45 PM (#675011 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





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Location: central Wisconsin		You do know that tomorrow is the gun deer opener in Wisco don't you? I highly doubt you are going to have frozen water on a river anyways. Worrying about nothing.
wicked
Posted 11/22/2013 8:00 PM (#675050 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips




Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-)		Several rivers already have ice on them up to 1/2" near me. It is gun deer opener but I'll be on water after the skis also. If there is a fair amount have some one in back of boat breaking ice as you inch back in.
miket55
Posted 11/22/2013 10:37 PM (#675067 - in reply to #675007)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips




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Location: E. Tenn
fish4musky1 - 11/22/2013 5:36 PM

Would shotgun blasts work?


probably in your best interest to use non-toxic shot..
Pointerpride102
Posted 11/22/2013 11:02 PM (#675070 - in reply to #675007)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





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Location: The desert
fish4musky1 - 11/22/2013 3:36 PM

Would shotgun blasts work?


Unlikely, and you'd need to use steel which would be a waste of money. If its thin enough for a shotgun to work, it's thin enough to beat with a solid object.
Clammer
Posted 11/23/2013 8:21 AM (#675082 - in reply to #675050)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips




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Location: Wisconsin
wicked - 11/22/2013 8:00 PM

Several rivers already have ice on them up to 1/2" near me. It is gun deer opener but I'll be on water after the skis also. If there is a fair amount have some one in back of boat breaking ice as you inch back in.


This works well, and use a flat concrete shovel. Reach out from the back of the boat and make an arch the width of the boat, then the ice within the arch breaks easily. Back in a small section at a time. Had to break ice for quite some distance last week in Hayward.

(good luck out there Russ!)
Ranger
Posted 11/25/2013 7:55 PM (#675515 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips





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You should be asking how to best get out of the ice. Getting in is easy.
Jeremy
Posted 11/25/2013 9:48 PM (#675542 - in reply to #674875)
Subject: Re: breaking ice tips




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Location: Minnesota.		Don't back the trailer in w/o having a friend in back punch holes for your lights. Ask me how I know...

In other words ... be the 2nd boat out!
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