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Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« on: Dec 07, 2022, 09:50 AM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #1 on: Dec 07, 2022, 10:04 AM »
Yes...ditto.
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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #2 on: Dec 07, 2022, 10:21 AM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #3 on: Dec 07, 2022, 10:57 AM »
Congrats jepik!
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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #4 on: Dec 07, 2022, 11:23 AM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #5 on: Dec 07, 2022, 12:07 PM »
Way to go..👍
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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #6 on: Dec 07, 2022, 12:59 PM »
Congrats!
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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #7 on: Dec 07, 2022, 01:15 PM »
Congratulations
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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #8 on: Dec 07, 2022, 01:26 PM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #9 on: Dec 07, 2022, 01:58 PM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #10 on: Dec 07, 2022, 02:23 PM »
I'm here 20 as well, I just don't post much, mainly read, absorb & enjoy

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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #11 on: Dec 07, 2022, 03:31 PM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #12 on: Dec 07, 2022, 03:43 PM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #13 on: Dec 08, 2022, 07:03 AM »
Congrats to all on 20 years.
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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #14 on: Dec 08, 2022, 07:52 AM »
Here’s to you guys 🤘🤘


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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #15 on: Dec 08, 2022, 01:28 PM »
Congrats on the 20 years!

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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #16 on: Dec 08, 2022, 09:09 PM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #17 on: Dec 09, 2022, 02:53 AM »
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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Re: Ice shanty member for 20 yrs.
« Reply #18 on: Dec 09, 2022, 06:11 AM »
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
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