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What are the odds to find my ice skimmer

dirtking

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Yup - down the hole - Old antique ice skimmer that was my late Grandpa's. The thing is heavy-duty steel, I suppose from the 60's or so.

I have a 1 to 2 pound magnet that will lift 300 pounds.

Here is the problem - it is in 25 FOW and the lake is tea stained so a camera will not see very well - do I have a prayer?

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pathogen Community Regular

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You have a good chance trying the magnet down the same hole the skimmer was lost in. But it does depend on the position of the skimmer as it went down, it could have skittered off to one side or another. I'd start out in the hole it was lost in and drill outwards a couple feet if not successful. I wish you good luck.

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Yes, a number of years ago my buddy dropped a leatherman that had some sentimental value to him. He was not able to get back to the lake for a couple of weeks with a magnet. He drilled quite a few holes in the area and suprisingly he was able to bring the thing up after a short period of time. Don't give up hope just get back out there and give it a try.

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A minimum of 30 gallons of gas at 3.30 a gallons means you are chasing a hundred dollar ice skimmer you may not even get back. Plan to fish and make the rescue a slow time secondary activity. Good luck.

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I keep a magnet in my fish house for just this purpose. Seems like every year somebody drops a skimmer down the hole. I probably retrieved my skimmer 10 times and have never lost one yet since I put the magnet in the house. I usually have no problem getting it througth the same hole it went down.

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dirtking Proficient

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It's definitely an excuse to burn a hundred bucks worth of gas to fish for 10 hours. – Been there twice in three weeks and the fishing is good!

Bonus would be I get my scoop back.... If I can get it with the magnet. I’m liking the positive reports I’m hearing – I thought there might be a lot of flutter in 25 feet of falling and it could be way away from the house (where the house was) in any direction

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Good luck man! Hopefully you get it back. I've caught a few weird things before ice fishing. Caught a nice ice fishing rod and reel combo last year! The shiner on my tip up must of been very active as it tangled itself around the pole!

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First year on lake of the woods at zippel father in law dropped one of those little tackle packs you wear around your neck down a hole as soon as we got in sleeper shack. Buddy had brought along a magnet got it back first try in 30 ft of water. Couple years later he dropped thongs for cooking down a hole never found it. The next year we were out in zipple sleeper father in law says'look what I caught. My thongs from last year!" He had secretly put it on his hook when we were not looking! He laughed so hard I thought he was going to have a heart attack! Funny thing was we actually believed him for a minute.

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My brothers once dropped a barrowed ice chisel thru the ice on Medicine lake. I asked them where the chisel was and both said: "I don't know"! DOH!

I knew they were playing around with it before this so I call dear old dad and he got them to confess that it was in the lake!

So they showed me where they covered up the hole and I cleaned it out and look down the hole only to see the chisel sticking straight up stuck into the bottom of the lake with the rope hanging from the top.

So I garb a Daredevle and tie it to thickest line we had and managed to hook the rope and pull it up and out of the hole.

Both boys didn't get an ice cream cone at the Dairy Queen after we were done fishing. We left them sitting in the car as they looked at my dad and me enjoying a chocolate dipped cone sitting next to the window! grin

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If you are going to be drilling multiple holes, a camera might give you a few feet in either direction anyway depending on how much light you can get down there. You could attach a waterproof flashlight to the camera too, or they make spot lights for underwater cameras as well. What ever you try, I wish you luck catching your scoop and some fish while you are on the hunt for it.

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I've got the GPS coordinates to where my house sat for a week - should be pretty evident as long as they don't get too much snow up there. I decided to go for it only to find out there were no motel rooms available for Sat. So now I'm thinking next weekend - take a long weekend and pull the house back up there.

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It may depend on whether the bottom is muck or not. A kid dropped mine down and there is at least 8 inches of muck on the lake. Magnet and camera were of no value. The kids dad did replace it - with one that must have cost at least a buck and had a handle like a spaghetti noodle.

Good luck with this.

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OOPS! I just got a chance to look at my reply to this. You guys are funny. I meant tongs.. You know what I meant but those replies were hilarious. OMG I just got a mental image of the father in law in a thong. Thanks alot.

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Dirtking, I lost a decent buck knife on LOW a couple of years ago. I went back a week or 2 later and fished for it in the same hole with one of my welding table magnets and I got it back. I tied the string on this magnet to my fishing line so I could use the reel to bring it back up after each drop. I actually tossed the magnet off to the sides a bit when I dropped it because I watched this knife sort of flutter and glide through the water like a little airplane wing so I knew it didn't go straight down.

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It can be done.

I keep a magnet in the fish house now.

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