Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Waterfowl & Other Winged Interests
Ice eaters?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="X-Tennessean" data-source="post: 3921432" data-attributes="member: 7181"><p>Id say being that it is only a foot deep is gonna be your problem. The ice eaters work great in deeper water to were it can pull warmer water from the bottom to the top and keep movement in the water. We started out using a couple cheap trolling motors mounted in front of the blind until we upgraded to the ice eaters!! They worked but would not keep as big a hole open as the eaters would, now you could mount them in different location through out your hole but that would be some serious batteries to maintain....</p><p>Another method we used was a 2" trash pump and a sump pump, run the hose along the bottom and then turn it up mounting it under the surface. It will keep a decent size hole opened up believe it or not but you have to run either the gas pump or a generator. Guess you could possibly build a header pipe to give multiple smaller discharge points that may work just as well !!</p><p></p><p>With your area being so shallow, the pump idea may work great for your set up !!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="X-Tennessean, post: 3921432, member: 7181"] Id say being that it is only a foot deep is gonna be your problem. The ice eaters work great in deeper water to were it can pull warmer water from the bottom to the top and keep movement in the water. We started out using a couple cheap trolling motors mounted in front of the blind until we upgraded to the ice eaters!! They worked but would not keep as big a hole open as the eaters would, now you could mount them in different location through out your hole but that would be some serious batteries to maintain.... Another method we used was a 2" trash pump and a sump pump, run the hose along the bottom and then turn it up mounting it under the surface. It will keep a decent size hole opened up believe it or not but you have to run either the gas pump or a generator. Guess you could possibly build a header pipe to give multiple smaller discharge points that may work just as well !! With your area being so shallow, the pump idea may work great for your set up !! [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Waterfowl & Other Winged Interests
Ice eaters?
Top