I know we have had threads on here talking about a scratcher used for ice fishing but many had never heard of or saw one. Well here is your chance to own one or see how one is built so you can build your own. There is an estate auction at Lynxville, WI (just above Lock 9) on Sunday Sept. 26 that has a scratcher being auctioned off. There are also a couple of fish/minnow tanks. Also some firearms.Below is a link to the entire sports equip auction:
What is a scratcher?
from http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scratcher
1. bed, a place to sleep and have a wee fly scratch of various body parts
2.An untalented tattoo artist. A tattoo artist who scratches up your skin rather than applying a clean smooth looking tattoo
3. A loose woman/man. A person who is sexually active. this refers to the fact they might have an s.t.d. that causes you to scratch yourself
4. A lazy person who does not have a clue. Refering to the fact that they are that dumb and lazy that they just stand there scratching their heads
5. Normally refered to a bitchy girl who might scratch in a fight
A scrather is a means of traveling across ice. Take an old flat bottom boat, add runners, and then a horizontal shaft gas engine. Put on a belt pulley and then you make a wheel with spikes that scrathes the ice and propells you along. Attach belt and away you go. I wish they would have pictured it on the sale add.
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What is a scratcher?
Thanks. Pretty interesting. Not sure if I understand why you would use something like that (too thin to drive out?).
What you said plus when fishing Mississippi back waters they save a lot of walking. You can cover a lot of ice in a day finding the hot spot. Many of these were made before 4 wheels existed.
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