But First, Test Your Fish Sense:

Ice Claws are used to A) pull yourself to safety, B) to grip into ice C) both

Monday was so nice it's hard to even think about ice fishing. Trust me....its coming! But do it yourself ice claws can save your life and can be made with items around the home.

I made my homemade ice claws without leaving the house. I started with an old broom handle and two sixteen penny nails.

I then cut two pieces out of the broom handle to fit my hand and drilled 3/8” holes in them. This hole is big enough to fit the head of a sixteen penny nail.

Some people bang the nails in and grind the heads off, that is fine also, but I don’t own a bench grinder. So, I used a hot glue gun to hold the nails in the handles of my home made ice claws, tied a string on and wrapped them with duct tape for comfort. The tape also helped hold the string in the proper orientation. Remember to make the string long enough to hold each claw with out stretched arms while running behind your neck. This way you can store them under you coat like a pair of mittens.

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I like to wear the string around the back of my neck while sticking the claws in my pockets. Other people run the string through the sleaves and wear them like childrens mittins. Just be sure they are easily accessible. You don’t need to be fighting with accessibility while under water.

Test Your Fish Sense:

Ice claws are used to help pull yourself to safety and grab on to ice while doing so.

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