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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: jepik on Dec 07, 2022, 09:50 AM
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Lot of changes in ice fishing in 20 yrs. .gear..clothes..from deck out red flyer to thermo tents flotation suits..looking forward to the next 20... :tipup:
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Yes...ditto.
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I've been doing it since 1970 and the biggest thing is the way to cut holes. Gas, propane, electric and even hand augers have made it a lot easy. I remember the days spudding a hole open in 20 plus inches of ice. with homemade chisels workout and do it again the next day. we loved it
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Congrats jepik!
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Congrats on the 20 yrs being here. I have enjoyed this site officially for 6 yrs. Always good to know the history of where we started.
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Way to go..👍
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Congrats!
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Congratulations
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God now I know I’m old, pulled my first fish through a “spuded” hole in the ice Christmas Day 1957
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Shanties, electronics, improvements with augers and floatation suits has helped this Grumpy Old Man out on the ice... but the biggest innovations are Ice Shanty and its members. I have learned a lot and for sure I have spent a lot... of money on ice fishing! ;D
jepik, congrats on your first 20 years and wishing you nothing but the best on your next 20 years!
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I'm here 20 as well, I just don't post much, mainly read, absorb & enjoy
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20 years for Ice Shanty member, 42 years starting with my Uncles 9" gas Model 30 Jiffy with the infamous suicide bar.
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Awesome George. Similar story, my brother got an 8" one armed bandit all bent up from our neighbor. I think that auger is still running. Throttle freezing on that thing was also good fun!
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Congrats to all on 20 years.
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Here’s to you guys 🤘🤘
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Congrats on the 20 years!
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Congrats on 20 years.
15 years for me on here, I procrastinated for a few years... but have been ice fishing since I was a kid. We use to use a ax to chop a hole thru the ice and used our fishing poles to fish.
You are correct, the Gear and the way we fish has come a long ways
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17 years here, but I have gained so much more from this site, than probably 3 or 4 others I've been on. By far my favorite site! :thumbsup:
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My 20 year anniversary on here is a month away on 1/13/2023. I also have observed a lot of changes in the sport since I started it in the 80's, however I have resisted adopting most of the new gear and techniques. The only modern advances that I have adopted are 1.) Portable shelter and 2.) fluorocarbon line for leaders. I have never and will likely never own a flasher, or any type of auger that is not a hand auger. I bought an 8" Mora as my 1st auger in 1988, and got 20 years out of it before buying both a new 6" and 8" Mora in 2008, and if you have sharp blades it is not difficult to drill holes with a Mora as some would claim.
Most of my tipups are the old 3 stick ones, not a name brand just budget locally made ones that I have owned for 20+ years and they still catch a lot of fish ! I am old school by choice, if not using a spud bar to make a hole, and having a shelter out there are considered old-school these days. LOL