I just wanted to share something I bought thats works really well. It's called a bottom bucket. It's a minnow bucket thats anchored with a 4 to 5 lb weight, you tie a rope to the bucket when you leave to go home you drop the weight and bucket down a hole and the bucket will be submerged below the ice, It keeps your minnows alive and well till the next time you come up. I've used it for 3 weeks and haven't lost one minnow. Check it out yourself at www.foryourshore.com It works well!!
I have used the bottom bucket and found it to be excellent at saving my minnows. This is also appears to be the website where I bought my ice anchor http://www.IceAngelFishing.com (actually the page looks the same but the link looks different)
-- Edited by itsjustmeagain on Sunday 31st of January 2010 09:41:55 PM