Behold The Wind Powered Auto Jigger

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Modeled after Duchamp’s 1913 ready made, Bicycle Wheel, this auto-jigger harnesses the power of the wind. A silver dinner bell rings when a fish bites. Perfect for catching panfish and Dadaists. Debuts Sunday January 29th, 2012 at the Art Shanty Projects.

The Art Shanty Project is a four-week art show slash social experiment inspired by traditional ice fishing huts. The show is open until February 5th, and is taking place on Medicine Lake, Plymouth, Minnesota.

Maybe wind power isn’t your thing. Well how about steam power?

If you liked this check out the rocket powered ice fishing rig!

The Rocket Powered Ice Fishing Rig

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Ok, it’s not really rocket powered, instead the rocket acts more like an alert system for when a fish takes your bait.

For obvious reasons the rocket cannot be hooked up to the line on the reel and send your catch flying in to the air.

Hack A Day via From The Desk of the Mayor

The Leaf Blower Powered Wavewalk

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We’ve covered the Wavealk kayaks in the past, and it’s no doubt that they’re some of the most bad ass kayaks we’ve seen for fishing. Check out this video where a guy retrofitted a leaf blower into an air powered motor for his wavewalk!

It doesn’t look very efficient, but it sure beats paddling!

via Wavewalk.com