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« on: December 21, 2016, 05:28:14 AM »
I was unable to ice fish in 2015. but looking forward to it this year. Still on oxygen. That adds a special challenge. I had fished with LEEINOHIO before. Looking forward to getting together again.
I have a new Humminbird Helix 7 di gps I need to get an Ice transducer for.
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« on: January 30, 2016, 02:59:51 PM »
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« on: October 13, 2015, 07:49:07 PM »
Anybody that ice fishes, on oxygen? I just bought a 2 man hub style shelter, a little buddy, and other ice fishing gear last fall. No I am on oxygen. I mentioned to my oxygen supplier that I was still planning on ice fishing. He told me that the heater I showed him should not be a problem as long as I kept it away from the tank and hose. He said setting the regulator on conserve so it just fires a short burst of oxygen directly into my nose as I inhale, would prevent oxygen from leaking into the hut. No different then when I cook on the stove at home. Key is to do safety check on regulator, hoses and tank valve for leakage.
He suggested I do not keep the tank outside the shelter because the cold tank could lead to frostbite of my nasal passages. He said to have the car heat up on the drive to the lake and wrap the tank in a blanket for the walk out onto the ice. It should retain some heat because of it's mass. And then the heat in the shelter would be OK. Little Buddy takes my shelter to about 60 degrees F.
So, is there anyone on the site that has actually been on oxygen and still gone ice fishing? Any tips?
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« on: March 29, 2015, 09:04:25 AM »
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« on: February 17, 2015, 01:17:46 AM »
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« on: February 09, 2015, 09:12:17 PM »
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« on: February 03, 2015, 08:52:46 PM »
I had an old car top carrier so I used the bottom part of the shell to build my sled. It has a top frame made from furring strips to keep things from moving around.
The inside of the bottom is reinforced with furring strips running lengthwise. They fit into the grooves precast into the base.
Then four 1 X 4 are on the outside of the base width wise. These are screwed through into the inside furring strips. These four 1 X 4 set on top of the removable ski frame. I drilled slightly oversize holes for the metal studs that are on the ski frame. The studs are the type that are 1/2 lag bolt type thread and 1/2 machine screw thread. This allows me to use fender washers and wing nuts to lock the 4 studs to the top 1/2 of the sled.
The skis are sanded and marine epoxied to the bottom of the sled risers. Then bolted in place with 2 inch wide corner braces from Ace Hardware. The screws bolting the braces are cut so the do not come out of the bottom of the skis. The screws are also epoxied into the skis.
Making it in two sections makes it easier to place in my car. It is sized so the skies are against the interior sides of my SUV and the tips are touching the folded up seat back, and the edge of rear hatch molding.
This locks the sled in place. I have to unload the sled before removing it from my vehicle, but since every thing is cased or crated, this does not take much time at all.
It is amazing to pull. Once you give it a light tug to start it moving, it slides so easy that in testing, I could pull it with just 2 fingers.
The crates hold my flasher, tackle, tip ups and rods, and 100 feet of soft nylon anchor line attached to a float with a loop as a safety rope. The crate can be lifted from the sled, set and set on the ice. Then when the float is thrown, it self coils out of the crate.
I made a folding foam floor for my 2 man hub style shelter. It folds in half so it slides under the sled and rests on top of the frame attached to the skis.
The sled is elevated by a 2 x 6 and then 2 x 3. This prevents having to pull it through the snow as the skis allow it to keep on top of the snow.
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« on: January 23, 2015, 10:40:50 PM »
Us old folks sometimes have difficulty bending down to reach a rod holder at ice level.
I had some left over 4 inch plastic sewer pipe. I cut it into six 10" sections and strapped them to a milk crate using strong wire ties. You have to either heat 4 of the 6 to flatten them a little, or cut a vertical slot in 4 about as wide as a yard stick. This allows the center one in each row to be fully round, but get 3 in a row in the width of the milk crate.
So now I had a rack for transporting 6 tip ups.
I had 2 Berkley ice rod holders and a Berkley bucket rod holder. Turns out the tangs on the bucket holder fit into the gaps of the milk crate grid. I use this holder for my walleye rod with the fly casting reel on it. This reel avoids line twist. I have 2 spring bobber rods that fit the ice rod holders.
So to raise them off the ice, I used 2 wire ties for each ice rod holder. I put the ties loose enough on the bottom of the milk crate to allow the holder to slip out of them, but be held securely while in use. The holders are removed by first pulling the short end free, then rotating the holder to clear the second tie. And if one milk crate is not high enough for you to reach comfortably, just stack in on another upside down crate.
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« on: January 16, 2015, 05:26:14 AM »
If you need a small one for your sled, I found a collapsible one at Home Depot. They call it the auto emergency shovel. It is in the garden center. $9.99
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« on: January 14, 2015, 02:16:16 AM »
I keep getting a Do not click here banner on the right side edge of the screen.
On my phone, when I zoom in to increase text size, this blocks much of the thread and the other ads. Is there a way to block it?
See PC monitor partial screen shot, not zoomed in.
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« on: November 27, 2014, 08:53:31 AM »
Hi all;
I have not ice fished since I was 16. Used to go on near shore Erie for blue pike and smelt with my dad in the late 50's early 60's. And Punderson for trout and pan fish.
I have been re-wiring and re-decking my 18ft Starcraft Holiday for the last 2 years. So I have spent the summers pond fishing. OGF is my summer home.
But now the ice bug has bit me again. I wanted a site dedicated to hard water fishing. After checking several, this is the best.
Retired and looking to be on the ice with others.
Equipment I'll use, pop up ground blind as a shelter. I am building 6 / 200 ft spool tip ups and have 2 ice rods. Ice cleats, spud bar, poly sled for dragging the stuff on the ice, 2 ice picks for emergency, and assorted other gear.
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