What Are You Adding This Year?

[Ice_Fly_Guy]

Buddy heater,  new Vex ducer,  lots more jigs and spoons,  and hoping to build a Smitty sled,  but I'm having trouble finding anyone with used snow skis.   

[Big Red Shack]

Buddy heater,  new Vex ducer,  lots more jigs and spoons,  and hoping to build a Smitty sled,  but I'm having trouble finding anyone with used snow skis.   

Check Goodwill, I went there and got a pair for $10.. I also got 2 almost brand new Beaver Dams for $4 each!!

[NY_BLUES]

I added a few jaw jackers with new ugly stick rods, a marcum showdown 5.6 dual beam, a new buddy heater, and I built a smitty sled.  I have to say that I wish I would have built one before I made the 3 mile walk onto lake erie last year! I tried it out this morning in the new snow and it pulls like a dream!

[Ice_Fly_Guy]

Check Goodwill, I went there and got a pair for $10.. I also got 2 almost brand new Beaver Dams for $4 each!!

Thanks for the tip!  I'll look at some thrift stores.

[subtlehustle76]

A beagle

[JiggerDan]

A beagle

Best dang rabbit dogs on the planet!

[JiggerDan]

An Ontario shanty, a couple of smitty sleds and a nils auger.

[Fishin2]

A brand spankin new Jiffy Pro 4, 9" propane auger, a Frabill Magnum shanty and the topping,  a brand new Polaris 570 ATV, Momma says its time to quit  , I said of course honey , getting cold here in the Buckeye state, 19 this morning, below freezing all week, Cmon Ice, happy fishin to all, Mike

[Muskyrush]

Reason im getting the clam legend is because of how compact they are. My friends have those as well and we can get 4 of those in the back of the suburban. We all have hitches for them to hook up to the atv when we head up to St. Clair, Simcoe, and erie last year. I have been pulling a 2 man flip eskimo for years so this will be a lightweight compared to that!

If you think pulling an a 2 man is hard I'm telling you wait until you pull that legend there basically a square sled with a lot of weight so they sink in the snow really bad

[800stealth]

A beagle

Can't go wrong there!! I've always had a beagle by my side since I was about 10 and likely always will...

[Corndog]

Little Buddy, a second(older)Genz Fish Trap, a ton of tackle, a pair of Cabelas pac boots w/two sets of liners and a Eskimo QF3.

[MNDan]

I'm thinking about assembling one of these kits since I already have a 7" lazer and a drill...

http://clamoutdoors.com/store/clam/augers/conversion-kit/ice-auger-conversion-kit-drill-plate.html

[Corndog]

I'm thinking about assembling one of these kits since I already have a 7" lazer and a drill...

http://clamoutdoors.com/store/clam/augers/conversion-kit/ice-auger-conversion-kit-drill-plate.html

I myself made a adapter bit last year. Just know that the larger the auger blade, the less hole you will get per battery. I used a 6" but hoping to get a 5" auger being I mostly go after panfish.

[tafts ta]

First arrival of the big brown truck this hard water season came yesterday with many more that I can't afford soon to come I'm sure lol. We have a lead ban approaching in NH so it's time to start switching the jigs.

You will love the PK'S!!!

[boss j]

GOOD LUCK    and let me know how they work for you. also i have pics of my colors but need to get me friend over to help me resize them, way too big to post...

[alaskaruss1]

I hope to add more time on the ice and get more use out of the stuff I already have.

[Cousteau]

New bibs and new fishfinder.  Sold one of my boats and included Lowrance HDS5 which I used on ice and swapped between boats.  Will get another Lowrance.  Got new propane stove.  Maybe new boots and goggles.  Goggles are awesome on the cold windiest days.

[fish-kabob]

shappell atv rack
double H tip up locker
clam corner console
eskimo ice anchor install tool
and a ht polar fire auger 8 inch will see how it does i cut the ice breakers off it so it will cut faster....like a finbore but only time will tell... mite change out the blade to some swedish made lazer blades. once every one gets there out..   

[LateSeason]

The Snitch with a 6061.   Excited to get out with it, feels like a great setup.
Picked up the 6061 today at the Hardwater Expo in Blaine for $80.  Joe's had 20% off almost everything.

[dab65]

Wasn't going to add anything other then a 13 fishing ticklestick this year but came across a good deal(I thought) on a Eskimo Quickfish 3i. Probably have to sell something to keep the wife off my back,. Promised her I was done after buying the ticklestick. Be nice to be able to fish two in instead of yelling back and forth between 2 one man portables all the time.

[mrotho2002]

Lx7 going to use it tomorrow crazy excited

[dab65]

YA You should be. Can't wait to get out and use my 7 again this year.

[Chub58]

Went all in this year!!Cabelas 360tc hub,vex flx28
Stryker predator suit and a few new rod reel combos.
Did I mention a divorce ha ha good luck to all.

[flatironfisherman]

Just do what I do, turn your wife loose in a clothing store and tell her, "go nuts honey" and then run over to Gander or Bass Pro and do the same!! 

[thewyler]

Lx5, polaris 440, clam denali...its been a costly year

[mthuntr]

MrHeater Buddy, handful of handmade lures, several rods of different weights and lengths (nothing too nice), fancy pre-mixed 2 cycle fuel to feed my auger, and I'm hoping for an inexpensive ATV to drag my gear out and tool around the lakes

[FourEyes]

Added a pair of Polaris XLT's and a trailer.  No more walking out and sitting in one spot!  Also looking into a Lowrance Ice Machine... will keep the trusty fl-8 of course.

[adktony]

Probably gonna add another bb 6061 to the arsenal hopefully that will be it but I'm sure something will catch my eye eventually.  Also added a couple new laker and pan fish setups I am just finishing up building

[manderson]

Just finally getting my own equipment this year, so I've gotta get a lot of stuff! I bought a few rods and tip ups so far, as well as some hardwater specific tackle, depth bombs, jigs, etc...

Anyone have suggestions for ice fishing odds/ends I may forget about before my first trip? I've got most of the big stuff covered.

[fish-kabob]

Just finally getting my own equipment this year, so I've gotta get a lot of stuff! I bought a few rods and tip ups so far, as well as some hardwater specific tackle, depth bombs, jigs, etc...

Anyone have suggestions for ice fishing odds/ends I may forget about before my first trip? I've got most of the big stuff covered.

get a good gps for the lakes were you plan to fish  if not use maps and drill tons of holes. for measurements for  measuring depth... like read the map and walk in the direction you want to fish as deeper or shallower according  to the map and drill a hole every 10-15 foot till you hit the correct depth. if it seems to deep don't fish there we fish maximum 13-16 foot of water  for bottom fishing 1 foot off the bottom for pan fish .  if to shallow it is for pike like 3-6 foot deep that is a pike flat were pike chase small fish to eat up on to... try to start the hole drilling off shore a ways  kind of guesstimate  form maps were to start the dnr for michigan has maps with depth contours does your state? if not gps with depth contours most of the time you got  to buy soft ware for this so having a cell phone capable of this is needed...  some countries sell maps of single lakes mite be worth a shot too??  gps make life a lot easier if you ask me... some time with fresh snow you have to look at land mass to find your way back so like this fallen tree is one point to look at and this point of land that line up to it wile on the ice you walk down the center of the two till dead center of them then when you cone back you can use land as a reference also use land to find location by triangulating the same way off maps ..like said gps is a lot easier....