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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Hardwater Cuisine => Topic started by: sjord89 on Dec 06, 2016, 09:30 AM
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ive been thinking about getting a little propane camp grill for doing burgers and stuff... anyone that has experience with them recommend a certain one? pros/cons?
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For me; Let your friends cook on the ice, I don't stop fishing long enough to eat more than a granola bar when fishing...
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KIS ...Keep It Simple....brats ...dogs ...basically anything you can heat and eat and don't have to keep your eyes on ...I have a lil cast iron pan put my brats in with some beer...cooks as I jig ...tend to tip ups etc ...dollar store bread pans and the aluminum foil inserts are good for home made chilly ...lil stirring from time to time ....also soft taco shells work great ...fold burrito style ...no plates needed.
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ive been thinking about getting a little propane camp grill for doing burgers and stuff... anyone that has experience with them recommend a certain one? pros/cons?
This summer I bought the Coleman grill/stove combo. Initially bought it for camping so that I could have a burner, even though the grill is much smaller. Camping, I was able to cook using the campfire. I hope it works out on the hard water
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KIS ...Keep It Simple....brats ...dogs ...basically anything you can heat and eat and don't have to keep your eyes on ...I have a lil cast iron pan put my brats in with some beer...cooks as I jig ...tend to tip ups etc ...dollar store bread pans and the aluminum foil inserts are good for home made chilly ...lil stirring from time to time ....also soft taco shells work great ...fold burrito style ...no plates needed.
^ sounds good. Im all about keeping it simple.
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I have a small portable charcoal grill that cost $15.00. That and some match light charcoal(I fill a gallon ziplock with charcoal) put it in the grill a bungie straps it to the top of a bucket. I do Johnsonville grillers and Rosen onion rolls. Hits the spot every time....dam now I'm hungry ;D ;D ;D
Heres a link to the grill--Note legs fold up and the handle locks the top in place.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Backyard-Grill-14.5-Round-Portable-Charcoal-Grill/37850142 (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Backyard-Grill-14.5-Round-Portable-Charcoal-Grill/37850142)
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Burgers,Brats and ribs wrapped in foil from the leftover bin in the fridge ;D
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For me; Let your friends cook on the ice, I don't stop fishing long enough to eat more than a granola bar when fishing...
That's me, if I'm fishing, I don't need anything, fishing is my fuel... I don't even bother to drink a beer, because it just ends up frozen because I don't drink it fast enough...
Once I'm off the ice, nothing is safe..
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For me; Let your friends cook on the ice, I don't stop fishing long enough to eat more than a granola bar when fishing...
;D ;D works for me as well. I might bring along a bag of jerky occasionally but that's about it @) :tipup:
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I like to bring out hardy comfort food that I can just heat and eat... Small disposable bread pans work great, fill with shepard's pie, baked ziti, beans and sausage, mac and cheese, casserole type stuff... Sticks to the ribs and only have a crumpled up pan and a plastic fork to carry out. I use my buddy heater to warm stuff up.
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I've always had a weber to go grill. costs more than the cheaper ones, but it has a built in igniter.(I don't smoke so no lighter) About 60 bucks. It also only lets in so much air. doesn't seem to have as many flair ups and will last many years.
I've dragged a Colman stove at times for those trips when I only want coffee or some eggs. Going to try a jet boil for coffee and espresso this year.
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Got a little backpack stove that burns the little propane/isobutane canisters. Pure propane is hard to keep lit at 11,000' where I fish. Have a jumbo enamel cup for a cook pot in which I boil water to make fancy ramen noodle bowls. Add a little diced chicken or pork and a hot feast awaits. I fish with deadsticks mostly with DIY JawJackers to set the hook. Usually, when I get to the critical stage in cooking, the snapper goes off and I need to pause a few minutes to go reel in the fish. Set. repeat. enjoy.
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I use to cook big elaborate meal when I was younger. It waste a lot of fishing time. Now big fan of snacks,cubed cheese,deer hot sticks,goose hot sticks,deer jerky,smoked steelhead, all hot food is just reheated not cooked,I made a top grate for my buddy heater or have a very small one burner stove and a frying pan. Chili,soup, deer sausage reheats easy.Ham and cheese wrapped in foil is quick and easy. I still like the snack food best,just nibble all day.
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I want to fish with Captain54 :bow: :tipup:
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Anytime Hardwaterhunter1. My cousin lives in Minnesota and been begging me to come out. He probably misses my snacks.lol. Next Monday I'm going to make a 10 lbs of deer jerky. That stuff never last long.
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Small grill and make up shish kabobs ahead of time. Favorite is using pre-cooked flavored brats 2-3 different kinds. Cut 1" long pc and put onions, peppers etc. between brats on shish kabob stick then wrap in alum foil to keep em fresh and to save uneaten on ice. When all done only have a stick and small foil to get rid of. Cant beat food on a stick, if gets cold can hold over heater to warm pc's up later in the day.
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some good ideas for the grill and sounds like i should also rig my buddy heater up with a tray to warm cooked food, thanks for the info. the brat-kebobs sound good
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heater buddy! I bought a $1 pain roller grate from Walmart and bent it up to make a cooking surface for the top of my buddy.I like to put premade food in tin load pans and reheat, mac n cheese being my favorite, but it will get hot enough to cook something up. one of my favorite pieces of equipment when i am out
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No that I do, but if I did...
I would bring a pack of buns and a rewarm some pulled pork, or sloppy joe.. Or a bowl of chilli..
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I've used the Coleman CAMP PROPANE GRILL/STOVE a number of times. It has a small burner and a small grill. Works fine and has held up over the years banging around in the back of the truck going car camping. My favorite are the Coleman 2 burner Liquid fuel stoves. The only thing I've taken on the ice though is a pocket rocket and iso fuel can.
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I haven't been cooking on the ice, I reheat my meals on my Mr. Heater; Mac & Cheese, Franks and beans, omelet, and also sausage, onion and peppers... (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/swampstalker/SMILEYS/tongue0022.gif)
Doesn't interfere with fishing...
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Piping hot coffee...
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Clean up is a snap!
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I haven't been cooking on the ice, I reheat my meals on my Mr. Heater; Mac & Cheese, Franks and beans, omelet, and also sausage, onion and peppers... (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/swampstalker/SMILEYS/tongue0022.gif)
Doesn't interfere with fishing...
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Piping hot coffee...
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Clean up is a snap!
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This is the way to go! For my hotdogs I just boil water in the morning fill my thermos with hotdogs and pour in the boiling water and seal it up until lunch. When you open it up you have hot delicious dogs ready to go! P.S. dont use plumping hot dogs :P
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This is the way to go! For my hotdogs I just boil water in the morning fill my thermos with hotdogs and pour in the boiling water and seal it up until lunch. When you open it up you have hot delicious dogs ready to go! P.S. dont use plumping hot dogs :P
Great idea! I have to check to see if hotdogs will fit in my soup thermos...
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Jetboil is by far the easiest way to have a hot meal in less than 15 minutes.
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Blackfish grilled and sea bass chowder
all the good stuff caught a week before ice starts. My hunting boys hook us up with back straps and no complaints.
Striper Nut, a granola bar is not gonna cut it on 12 to 24 hour ventures.
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Venison Back straps in a HOT frying pan with butter, rosemary, black pepper, garlic, salt and onion!!!!!
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Oh boy this is one of the best parts of ice fishing to me. I use like a coleman grill and depending on the time of day it's anything from bacon and eggs and coffee/tea in a kettle for breakfast to hot dogs, all types of brats, burgers, chili, maybe some cut up potatoes in foil, pretty much anything...man I can't wait.
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Striper Nut, a granola bar is not gonna cut it on 12 to 24 hour ventures.
You are right, I end up eating more than one... I often bring a sleeve of Ritz Crackers and some dehydrated fruit on the long days (I am always trying to remind myself to drink, so I don't get dehydrated). It is all about your style of fishing . There is nothing wrong with either style, one where you set up and then sit back and have time to heat up a meal. For me when I fishing, I am always going, cutting new holes, jigging, moving tilts, hunting new spots for fish... On days when I have brought a sandwich, most of the time it does not get eaten until I am on the drive home. Don't get me wrong, I live to eat and have the waistline to prove it... But no matter how much time I spend fishing, it is never enough, so like sleep, I will get plenty when I am dead, I take the time to eat when not fishing...
As I have said before, one of the greatest things about this sport is we can all "take" different things from it, there are those that find great joy in catching crappies and sunfish all day and night, others that love to pull a big bucket mouth thru a hole and yet others that are happy to wait for the bite of a big pike... None are wrong, whether it is the fish catching or the social part of ice fishing, so long as we have fun and don't play loud music near other anglers! So, "bon appetit" and we all look forward the the words "FLAG!"
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Got a little backpack stove that burns the little propane/isobutane canisters. Pure propane is hard to keep lit at 11,000' where I fish. Have a jumbo enamel cup for a cook pot in which I boil water to make fancy ramen noodle bowls. Add a little diced chicken or pork and a hot feast awaits. I fish with deadsticks mostly with DIY JawJackers to set the hook. Usually, when I get to the critical stage in cooking, the snapper goes off and I need to pause a few minutes to go reel in the fish. Set. repeat. enjoy.
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Johnsonville's :o
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Corndogs. They can be cooked over the Mr. Heater on a forked stick and they have a handle so no plate/fork needed. And they make the shanty smell like the midway at the county fair.
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the classic 2 burner coleman stoves are always a good way to go. light and simple and nothing to break
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Mr heater thread got me started last year, my challenge was trying to bring something new each trip.
Hot Dogs, Chicken Wings bought precooked, ham balls, meat balls, taco thing I found at fareway already cooked and ready, ham steak, sausage egg mix most everything I warmed up in aluminum foil
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Wrap any and all kinds of sandwiches in foil and butter both sides and set on your buddy burner guard, turn when you can smell it and give it 4 more minutes. you will wish you brought more with you.
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A rack over my Buddy heater, or my little Coleman one burner...love that. Small covered pot fits right on it for soups or chilis. A Thermos filled with boilhg water and a few dogs or brats popped in before leaving works great. I also always have to have my wide mouth Thermos along with hot chicken noodle soup. Love the folding spoon that fits into yop.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/20369794?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227015543273&wl0=&wl1=s&wl2=c&wl3=40968059312&wl4=pla-78911538872&wl5=9019794&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=20369794&wl13=&veh=sem
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the small weber q series propane ones work great. another piece of equipment to haul though.
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Some days if it's not too cold, I haul out a Weber Smokey Joe and charcoal for dogs brats or burgers, other times I bring an MSR Dragonfly or Pocket Rocket stove with a pot to boil dogs or ramen. Other times, I just pack sandwiches. I still can't bring myself to cook on my Buddy Heater. I'm afraid I will get food or sauce on the ceramic element.
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S'more's besides heating up my sub from the gas station
. Lol's marshmellows are easy to pack so is chooclate and gram crackers .. lots of energy from the suger.
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I also use my buddy heater, if you get a small frying pan you can put the handle under the handle of the heater. Keeps weight down and if you use a heater then you have a source of heat. If im going light i just take hot pockets and push them on the grates of the buddy heater
heater buddy! I bought a $1 pain roller grate from Walmart and bent it up to make a cooking surface for the top of my buddy.I like to put premade food in tin load pans and reheat, mac n cheese being my favorite, but it will get hot enough to cook something up. one of my favorite pieces of equipment when i am out
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I've got a Weber grill where the legs fold up to keep the top on during transport. Has a dial to adjust the heat perfectly. Cook anything on it, even steaks if you want. There are hooks on the inside of the top, so you can hang it on the back of the grill to keep it out of the snow, and as a windbreak. Can fit 6-8 brats on it. 50 bucks at Ace hardware but that was 6 or 7 years ago.
Simple is good too, with the Mr. Heater. Will have to try that.
FS
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Beer, whisky, coffee....repeat. then maybe a granola bar
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I bring grilled cheese, ready to heat up in plastic bags, they fit perfectly inside a small pan. I also bring ramen noodle cups. Just add warm water. Easy.
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I picked up a small propane weber q1000 grill on craigslist that works great on the ice. They are a little pricey new but built well and work great with the cast iron grates and built in ignitor. The stand breaks down and everything folds up to fit in the sled well. Really makes ice fishing more fun - esp when I bring the kids or friends-
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Usually Chili, pulled pork or brats. I use this stove:
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Cheese deer sausage balls cooked in bacon grease! Simple recipe (shredded cheese, deer sausage and bisquick) and the kids love them! I do too!
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If you have time for fancy cooking the fishing must not be going well. Coffee and a bag of trail mix is all I need if I have a fishing rod in my hand.
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MSR Rocket if alone. It weighs nothing and a cup of ramen or coffee can make a difference on sticking out longer on a cold day. If wife and son are along Ill heat up good stuff we prepacked in small aluminum tins on the buddy heater.
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Jet boil some top roman or brats on the mr heater. Warm food does wonders on the ice
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Pre-cooked brats or hot dogs. Ham and cheese samich in tin foil. Deer jerky.
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With an ATV or Car drive up to house everything is possible. BBQ outdoors, baked potatoes, potato salad, beans, and some wash to drink. In the portable, thermos, alcohol, wrap sandwiches in foil outside buttered, and put on the "Buddy burner guard till it smells right". Usually that means eat, pee, fish on, at the same time. Close the door.
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I bought the nesting set of camping pots and the Coleman version of the rocket stove all for under 30.00 if memory serves. I can set up the butane canister next to me in my one man and within a few minutes have hot soup, boiling water, coffee, etc. I have added boiling water to the Mountain House freeze dried pouches, but they are pricey and full of stuff I try not to eat. Amazing what a cup of hot soup, tea, or coffee does to mental and physical well being. Fished Wednesday in 18 below wind chill with 20-25 mph winds and thoroughly enjoyed the warm up's throughout the day.
For me small and compact is best. Too many things to forget, have drop out of a sled, freeze to the ice or take up space needed for the other 50 gadgets I "need".
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I have a pretty nice thermos. Will normally heat up some soup at the house, take it out and it will still be hot by lunch time.
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You can't beat a good cigar,then go to a mom and pop restaurant. Get 2 eggs over medium, some corned beef hash. Coffee and tomato juice. Go home, clean fish. Take a nap.
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I used to have a wire wrapped around the grate on my buddy heater that I called the wiener wire. I cooked all sorts of sausage products on it. The heater died so now I just plan my fishing around mealtimes. Fish for awhile, leave that spot to find food and relocate. Works great but we have a lot of good spots and restaurants in close proximity.
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If I am going out for a long day on the ice, I like to order too much pizza for dinner the night before and wrap the leftovers individually in tin foil. I have a Coleman sportcat catalytic heater, toss the slices on the heater and it warms them up quite nicely with a crisp crust. If no pizza then I toast some sandwiches on the heater.
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If it is just me, I just bring 4 basic food groups: Teriyaki beef jerky, string cheese, smokehouse almonds, and oatmeal raisin granola bars.
If I am having guests, I keep it simple: brats or polish sausage & Frito's Pies. Quick, simple, easy, and I have yet to have any complaints.
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When my boy's and I camp on the ice, I use a coleman 2 burner propane stove. I bring a pressure cooker (stove top type) and make a batch of deer/elk stew. Toss the meat in flour with seasoning and brown then add the veggies (potatoes/carrots/celery) with a little water. Cooks for 15 minutes and you have a hot stew. THE BEST :)
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Take a pound of bulk sausage. Brown it in a pan. Then add sour kraut and cook it for 5-10 minutes. Extremely simple and it is one of the best tasting meals on the ice.
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I like venison chili. You can make it up ahead of time and just re-heat it. I live at the lake and just fish in the cove in front of the house. I f we have a bunch of guys fishing there, my wife will cook up a batch and then i will bring out a pot and serve it in cups.
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Found this on you tube, im going to try and replicate one !
The Hook and Cook - portable wood stove
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Found this on you tube, im going to try and replicate one !
The Hook and Cook - portable wood stove
This thing?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h2NAMayxLec
Might as well just bring and oven too.. The last thing I'll have chasing behind me is a stove on skis lol...
I'm glad food is for mortals....
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LOL.. yep that's it .
I will tow it out and leave it at my hut for the season ,
Its not legal to have a fire directly on the ice where my hut is ,
So this is a great dual purpose idea
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Cant remember if I posted in this thread before but its hard to beat some coney dogs on the ice. You can prep the chilli, and whatever else you want at home and have it in a thermos etc. We take a small whitegas back packing stove out and boil the dogs on the ice. Always seems to hit the spot on a cold day out.
Plus I think the fish smell the chilli and onions and always start biting when you are eating lol.
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We take some of the dink perch and old school style. Descale gut and chop off head. Then fry in butter right in the shanty. not a gourmet meal but a good snack
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Coney's, gianelli sausage and sardines make for fine dining!
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I just added Chicken Alfredo Penne to my menu of meals reheated on the Mr. Heater, yummy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KivhWnTxwo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KivhWnTxwo)