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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Ice Shack Tips => Topic started by: srobocop on Sep 20, 2006, 10:00 AM
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I am planning on building a Portable Iceshanty this year on my own. I was wondering if anyone here has tips for doing this or has done it themselves. Right now i'm looking to use PVC piping and wood. What would you suggest as a covering? i'm thinking of either buying replacement covering from a campany that makes ice shanties or just using tarp of some sort, i just really want something to stop the wind.
any help appreciated, thank you.
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for what it will cost you in time and materials its cheaper to buy a portable and it will be lighter and stronger and fold up smaller
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I am planning on building a Portable Iceshanty this year on my own. I was wondering if anyone here has tips for doing this or has done it themselves. Right now i'm looking to use PVC piping and wood. What would you suggest as a covering? i'm thinking of either buying replacement covering from a campany that makes ice shanties or just using tarp of some sort, i just really want something to stop the wind.
any help appreciated, thank you.
they make real cheap wind breaks, heck you could even buy a ground bling for hunting for $40 and use that, i use the same tent style, mine was $200 and fits 3 people with gear, crowkiller is right, for the time, price and size of a homemade portable, you would be alot better with looking into buying one, smaller, lighter, and cheaper :tipup:
hers a couple ideas :tipup:
Shanty 1 (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0035692120475a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=shanties&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=shanties&noImage=0)
Shanty 2 (http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0029898111175a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=shanties&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=shanties&noImage=0)
or you can try these for cheaper, i see people on the ice with them alot :tipup:
Shanty 3 (http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=244656)
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I have to agree with Crowkiller, I have seen alot of homemade contraptions on the ice and none seem to work very well. Not sure what type of fishing you do but pulling one behind a sled or 4-wheeler will eat them up and rattle them apart. I have looked at alot of them over the years and tried to come up with the best features of all of them and ended up buying a fishtrap pro.
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i have a frabill and it works great for me but i would like to get a nice one man unit