rwc1969
01-19-2011, 12:41 AM
I finally got out for some ice fishing. We were after pike and fishing a new unknown lake. I made a new hobo stove and got a chance to try that out, as well as an open fire on ice.
This was the first time I'd made fire on ice in over 30 years, since I was in the cub scouts. I actually made the fire in a 1" deep puddle of water that was formed by the heat of the hobo stove. It worked quite well.
For the stove, I simply cut an opening in the front to feed in wood, it wasn't nearly as windproof or efficient as the other stove I made which had 3 rows of small holes evenly spaced around the bottom, but, I could feed larger pieces of wood and not kill the flame. I had to set the stove on two pieces of wood as it quickly started to sink through the ice. For a small fire and considering the higher winds on the open lake it put out pretty good heat and melted all the snow and ice in a 3-4' diameter circle.
As far as the fish, you'll just have to watch the vid. hehehe! I do give a good rundown of my preferred ice fishing gear for pike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6znKT62buvY
This was the first time I'd made fire on ice in over 30 years, since I was in the cub scouts. I actually made the fire in a 1" deep puddle of water that was formed by the heat of the hobo stove. It worked quite well.
For the stove, I simply cut an opening in the front to feed in wood, it wasn't nearly as windproof or efficient as the other stove I made which had 3 rows of small holes evenly spaced around the bottom, but, I could feed larger pieces of wood and not kill the flame. I had to set the stove on two pieces of wood as it quickly started to sink through the ice. For a small fire and considering the higher winds on the open lake it put out pretty good heat and melted all the snow and ice in a 3-4' diameter circle.
As far as the fish, you'll just have to watch the vid. hehehe! I do give a good rundown of my preferred ice fishing gear for pike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6znKT62buvY