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The ice pick is a simple and at the same time necessary accessory for winter fishing. Basically, it’s just rubbish. For a long time, holes, ice-holes and large fishing lanes have been made with its help. Bulky fishing crowbars are practically no longer used, which cannot be said about compact products that are still quite in demand. Today, the tool is used in the everyday life of fishermen as a brace or ice screw. Holes frozen at night with installed baits are released with a crowbar.
Design features
The fishing stick is made of metal and has a triangular, flat or tetrahedral tip, mounted on a solid wooden base. The end of the base is equipped with a thickening, under which a hole is made for threading the rope. The rope is attached to the belt. Thus, the tool is protected from slipping out of the hands and leaving under the ice. Most fishermen choose a pick with a triangular tip for its ease of penetration into the ice. In addition, each edge has a certain sharpening. The pick must be well sharpened.
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Compared to a fishing ice auger that makes regular round holes, the use of a pick allows you to make holes of any shape and size. First of all, holes hollowed out with fishing crowbar are suitable for catching large individuals. The ice pick is very useful if you need to make holes in dirty ice covered with hummocks, and there is a chance of ruining the ice screw.
The ice pick should be used when checking the strength of the first and last ice cover. If the ice did not break from being hit by a fishing crowbar, then it will definitely support the weight of a person. You need to check the ice as follows: slowly moving on the ice, make a hit. It is necessary to go slowly so that there is always an opportunity to make a stop in case of a failure of the ice.
Variety of options
This simple fixture has a wide variety of options and options. In the age of advanced technology, fishermen still prefer the old-fashioned, time-tested pick. A device of any design is intended to perform a specific task. Products in the form of a chisel or peaks cope well with ice of small thickness.
There are also collapsible specimens, consisting of several parts. Such ice picks will be convenient when traveling long distances.
Do-it-yourself pick
This device, no doubt, can be purchased at the store. Copies for sale for every taste. But, you can make a pawn on your own. In the manufacture, various tools and parts are used, sometimes even the most implausible, such as the spring of a Moskvich car, the cardan of a T-40AM tractor or a torso from Zaporozhets. Indeed, the most incredible preparations are being used.
A large forged pick used for chopping ice is in great demand.
Pick from a jackhammer
There are a huge number of handmade products. For example, consider the following instance, made by yourself.
For manufacturing, a jackhammer is used. The tip is made in the form of a sting. A thickened part is sawn off from the chipper, and the tip is attached by welding to a pipe having the required diameter. The pipe is mounted on a wooden part. It is best to use maple, elm, oak, birch for the manufacture of the wooden part. Now you need to sharpen the blade well. Sharpening can be three- or four-sided, in the form of a chisel or peak.
Pick with a bolt
We offer another version of the pawn. A slot is made in the head of the M20 bolt, where part of the spring leaf is attached. The sheet is welded. Two M20 nuts are scrolled onto the bolt, which are also connected by welding. You need a piece of pipe up to 1 meter long and 45 – 57 mm in diameter. Nuts are welded to a piece of pipe. The tip is sharpened on one side. Holes for the handle are provided in the upper part of the pipe. A hole is drilled in the handle for the rope. Handle length is up to you.
File pick
To make the tip, you can take a file. Weld the tip with the pipe. A chisel welded to a pipe is well suited as a tip.
You can fix the pipe to a wooden base with a water coupling. The coupling is threaded inside. You will need two couplings and a nipple. The meaning is as follows, one sleeve is wound on a wooden handle, the other is fixed on an iron pipe with a tip. Then everything is assembled by means of a nipple. The wooden base must be well planted and processed. It is best to apply a paint coating on the handle.
Working with an ice pick
The selection of the pick should be carried out on the basis of individual characteristics, weighing from two to four kilograms. Gouging a hole, you load the body with rather hard physical work, this must be taken into account when choosing a pawn by weight.
First you need to clear the place of snow. Snow must be removed. If the ice has a large thickness, you need to break the ice in a circle, 0,7 meters in size, then gradually go into a cone. You should get a hole about 25 centimeters. The best way to break ice is to strike at a 45 degree angle. When walking around the hole, clear the area of accumulated ice. The edges should be well finished so that they do not spoil the fishing line.
A popular sign says that you can’t give your equipment to a stranger, even a fishing rod, a pick or something else, if you give it away, don’t expect a bite.