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How to Ice fish in slush?


mnhunter2

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That's a great idea. Maybe filling them up with the shaving afterwards would help them freeze faster. Other than that if you step in a open hole and get hurt that would suck but then again no ice is safe ice. If you don't twist fall or get hurt ice fishing you must no go enough.

Sorry for the rant.

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Other than that if you step in a open hole and get hurt that would suck but then again no ice is safe ice. If you don't twist fall or get hurt ice fishing you must no go enough.

True to a point but we don't need to add man made safety hazards to mother nature's, especially when it comes to potentially breaking bones.

Once a partially drilled hole drifts over there's no way to tell it's there.

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I fish NW Ontario trout lakes every year and slush is just part of life there. Nothing I have seen in MN or the Dakotas would even be considered slush in comparison.

I doubt you will see slush like that on LW but if you do use 100% waterproof boots... rubber boots, not Gortex. I assume you will be on snowmobiles, don't pull portables unless you absolutely have to. That is what will get you stuck unless you have the machine to pull them, basically anything other than a widetrack utility sled or mountain sled will get stuck pulling a portable through bad slush. Even if you don't get stuck the portable will get covered/filled with slush and water... and then it will freeze. Portables and slush just don't mix.

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This year I purchased a new Polaris Indy Voyaguer 600 with a 15x144 track with 2" paddles. When I was at the ice fishing show I saw a sled with a winch attached. I thought this was a good idea and mounted a Warn Atv winch to mine. I also built a rack to carry my Eskimo WideOne Inferno on the back and auger on the front. I have only been stuck once(in some slush). I drilled a thru hole out about 50' and pulled myself out with the winch. The lake I was on had a fair amount of slush areas, so I just headed off and back home to the heated garage to thaw everything out.

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Before you set up, make sure to circle your sled around a few times to pack a trail to park on. It's also best to park a little ways from where you drill to keep off the flooded area you'll create.

Good point. I started doing this about 5-6 yrs ago when we had to deal with a bunch of snow and slush. A trail to park on and a solid area for shelter. I just start making circles where I'm going to fish. I don't stop till I get a trail/pad laid down to stop on.

A bunch of buddies and I all got stuck in slush about 20 yrs ago sledding, NO FUN. Don't want to do that again.

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