Ice Breakers

[Maesknoll]

A 1lb weight for cat ice, a Class 158 scrubber block for thicker ice and not in picture, a Class 150 brake block as the ultimate breaker - if that doesn’t work, then a pub with real ale and a roaring fire is calling.

 

[Total]

Just run the missus to the shops and back. Minus 4. Lowest I think I’ve ever seen the temp on my van.

If my Mrs gets in my motor with the hump, the temperatures usually drops rapidly too.....You are not alone!

 

[tipitinmick]

If my Mrs gets in my motor with the hump, the temperatures usually drops rapidly too.....You are not alone!

She gets the hump because I insist on listening to radio 4 Mark. . In my defence there was something on about how animals can detect certain odours. I was hoping there was going to be something about fish and how they can detect certain smells. But, there wasn’t.

 

[Total]

She gets the hump because I insist on listening to radio 4 Mark. . In my defence there was something on about how animals can detect certain odours. I was hoping there was going to be something about fish and how they can detect certain smells. But, there wasn’t.

^^......I wondered if Mrs Tipit' had seen the table conversion!

 

[tipitinmick]

^^......I wondered if Mrs Tipit' had seen the table conversion!

Not yet. I’m keeping a low profile. If she kicks off I’ll tell her it’s helping with my piano lessons.

 

[Total]

Not yet. I’m keeping a low profile. If she kicks off I’ll tell her it’s helping with my piano lessons.

Put the fishing line on it and tell her you've been working on a single stringed sitar design!

 

[tipitinmick]

Put the fishing line on it and tell her you've been working on a single stringed sitar design!

You’ll not be laughing when I give her your number. Not after I tell her it was you who thought it a good idea to drill her best dining room table

 

[Total]

You’ll not be laughing when I give her your number. Not after I tell her it was you who thought it a good idea to drill her best dining room table

Ahhhh!......But I've got the written documentation to prove it was your idea...

 

[rudd]

A 1lb weight for cat ice, a Class 158 scrubber block for thicker ice and not in picture, a Class 150 brake block as the ultimate breaker - if that doesn’t work, then a pub with real ale and a roaring fire is calling.

one on right same as mine but I use a selection of sea fishing weights.
If its really cold same weights used in the sea

 

[tipitinmick]

Ahhhh!......But I've got the written documentation to prove it was your idea...

Bugger. You southerners are crafty.

 

[robert d]

We're getting to that time of year again - what do you use to break the ice?

This should have been on the thread tackle not invented,,,a lazer from star trek ....im a softy id stay in bed with the central heating on

 

[matti]

I use an old sash weight, cut it down weights about 3lb, a 4ft length of chain and maybe 15m of old 9mm climbing rope, can be a bit dodgy as if it gets snagged 9mm climbing rope can have a lot of stretch

 

[Scribe]

I use an old sash weight, cut it down weights about 3lb, a 4ft length of chain and maybe 15m of old 9mm climbing rope, can be a bit dodgy as if it gets snagged 9mm climbing rope can have a lot of stretch

I have stretched a climbing rope once or twice.

 

[drw]

Remember going to Bletchingdon on the Oxford canal 20 odd years ago and there were a couple of guys wandering around on the ice with a chainsaw cutting out holes for the next days match

 

[mike fox]

I used one of these. Should have seen the looks I got from other anglers when I launched this out 20 yards. Cuts a brilliant channel to the fishing spot in one go.

 

[Zerkalo]

Back when I used to fish Junior Club matches on the canal I remember fishing a few where the ice needed breaking, including one on the canal under Spaghetti Junction, never did catch much and I think I remember the matches being called off early. But one of the adult runners used to break the ice with a breaker so I've never had need to do it myself, in fact, I've just checked and the two local fisheries I fish have said they are closed over the last few days due to the lakes being frozen, so no ice breaking.

 

[Warden]

Remember going to Bletchingdon on the Oxford canal 20 odd years ago and there were a couple of guys wandering around on the ice with a chainsaw cutting out holes for the next days match

Does not look it but the ice was about 4" thick cut quite a few holes out with chainsaw on the top one might just be able to see it a double figure Carp sat there looking at the sky lol.

 

[drw]

Those lads don’t look very well dressed for the conditions ! I can’t go fishing unless it’s 8 degrees or higher these days due to bad circulation

 

[Silverfisher]

Those lads don’t look very well dressed for the conditions ! I can’t go fishing unless it’s 8 degrees or higher these days due to bad circulation

I don't tend to go in less than 8 degrees just down to wanting to be odds on of catching something Might be a while before we go again looking at the forecast

 

[Warden]

were tough up North lol.