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Offline markjsolomon

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Best purchase this season
« on: Mar 19, 2012, 06:47 PM »
Just wanted to know what you bought this year that was a game changer for you?

I bought a whiplass and hooked up a northern quick strike to it.... It was an awesome preformer.


Also got a salmo lure and that pounded fish my whole last day

Offline bquick

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #1 on: Mar 19, 2012, 08:28 PM »
Jiffy Pro 4!  Bently Tungsten Jigs!  Mucks!  Starlite Chem Sticks!  Showdown 5.6 Dual Beam!  Otter Pro Sled!

Had a great time with all of this gear and packed in a pretty good season in a matter of weeks.  Very happy with all of these purchases and looking to get a double flip shanty next year and maybe a camera!!!  Can't wait...

Offline Braaap-n-Trap

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #2 on: Mar 19, 2012, 08:44 PM »
Lx7 no more fishing blind  :tipup:

Offline osiris

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #3 on: Mar 20, 2012, 04:54 AM »
John Deere Gator with a full cab and heater.. no more freezing on the 4 wheeler  ;D ;D

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #4 on: Mar 20, 2012, 07:00 AM »
Hands down, it is the LX-7, it has made a Huge difference on the ice for me ! A close second is the Striker Ice Lite Suit and last but certainly not the least, the Custom Laker Taker, Trout rod that Drifter_016/Dave Orr, up in Yellowknife, NWT built for me ! The Strikemaster Glide Lite sled also gets an Honorable mention ! :thumbsup:





Offline Canadianiceguy

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #5 on: Mar 20, 2012, 08:07 AM »
the best purchase i got this year was my otter wild 1, marcum vx1pro, fenwick ul and medium and my eskimo 8 inch hand auger, jammin jigs, pk lures and my subscription to to be part of the ice militia.

Offline maineduckhunter

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #6 on: Mar 20, 2012, 08:15 AM »
Shappell 6000!!!

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #7 on: Mar 28, 2012, 01:26 AM »
Too easy, an electric log splitter. Gives me more time to use the new Bravo, auger, flasher, and reel.

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #8 on: Aug 27, 2012, 01:40 PM »
Thorne Bros Quiverstick
Retired full-time Mille Lacs Guide now chasing my favorite panfish.
Honda Foreman 450ES
Polaris 600 Indy XCR 

Offline ice pig 121

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #9 on: Aug 27, 2012, 01:53 PM »
Otter Pro XT900 Cabin, its going to be a good year!
Tight lines and happy hunting to all! Go Vikings!!



Offline fishing202

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #10 on: Aug 27, 2012, 02:42 PM »
Otter Wild 2 shanty and Aqua vu Quad Cam, I'd take it over a flasher any day!

Offline koolaidnd

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #11 on: Aug 28, 2012, 09:06 AM »
This is too easy to. Three simple things,

1. took a promotion at work and I now work a split shift so now I won't loose half of saturday sleeping.
2. My salary grew by 25% this spring so now I can acutally afford to fish again.
3. My fiance loves fish so now I have a fishing partner thats almost as crazy as I am.

Offline Chris338378

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #12 on: Sep 05, 2012, 08:59 PM »
A Showdown Dual Beam, no more drilling a hole and hoping to catch fish.

Offline shake

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #13 on: Sep 05, 2012, 10:09 PM »
Nothing "new" but new to me. An FL-8 and a Jiffy 30, both minty, for a whopping $105. Can't wait to use both.

Offline ULking

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #14 on: Sep 05, 2012, 11:19 PM »
Just bought a pro 4, jason Mitchell pro thermal, shappell 3000 and a ton of jigs plus getting more! Now I just need to find a tackle bag I like!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!! :icefish:
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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #15 on: Sep 09, 2012, 07:51 AM »
Nothing major this year...took care of that the last couple years.  I do have 3 thorne bros rods I'm anxiously awaiting to get done.  Have picked up some jigs to custom paint on a rainy day.  Just got a new pair of pacs...Irish setters.  Last but not least, got my name on waiting list for a Black Betty reel for the TB hole hopping rod I'm having made.  The ice can't come soon enough!!
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Offline pooley

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #16 on: Sep 09, 2012, 08:24 AM »
my T-7 custom Patriot rod!
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Offline crankshaft013

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #17 on: Oct 29, 2012, 05:33 PM »
Eskimo Quickflip 2
Vexilar FL-20 Pro Pack
Striker Ice Light Suit (ordered today!)

Offline saskcat4

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #18 on: Oct 30, 2012, 07:51 PM »
Frabill FXE snow suit.

Offline WalleyeTom

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #19 on: Nov 06, 2012, 03:20 PM »
My new custom made lake trout rod by Drifter016, my Striker Ice Suit and my Marcum LX-7.
 I actually  had the LX-7 at the very end of last year but did not get to give it a real go.
Stay safe  ....    Tom


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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #20 on: Nov 06, 2012, 06:10 PM »
I am still waiting to try out my strikemaster lazer mag, that I bought off my neighbor up at camp 2 yrs ago,,, I will probably buy his hut also *though I really don't need it.. (clam suitcase type),, haven't been able to get rid of it for him, so I will  probably end up buyint  it , just so the mice don't eat it..  Oh, and have a new pair of snowpants ordered from North Face.. on their way..

Offline icebucketjohn

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #21 on: Nov 07, 2012, 06:27 AM »
Non-Skid  adhesive 2" strips pit inside my shanty and bottom of my Vex:



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Offline ERS

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #22 on: Nov 07, 2012, 04:53 PM »
clam big foot XL 6000 very easy for one man to put up and down lots of room for the family :thumbsup:

Offline SDfisher

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #23 on: Nov 16, 2012, 03:49 PM »
Having always fished with my fathers Equipment, I figured it was time to branch out and get my own stuff now that I got a decent job

So with the help of all the members on this board, I got the new strikemaster 35cc light, Otter pro lodge, and marcum 7
Jesus was said to have walked on water, I feel comfort in knowing he was an avid ice fisherman like me.

Offline tench

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #24 on: Nov 26, 2012, 10:25 PM »
Not for ice fishing but I picked up a Remington Model 6 pump .30-06 (essentially a BDL grade 7600) with a scope for $500. I've wanted one of these since I was 10. Beautiful high gloss dark walnut wood, deep bluing, smooth action with no rattle...

My best purchase for hardwater this year is going to be a flasher or underwater camera, one or the other. For commercial perch fishing on Champlain I know I can make back the money spent on one in less than half of a season.
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Offline spork1o1

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #25 on: Dec 07, 2012, 06:02 AM »
2012 700 Yamaha Grizzly

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #26 on: Dec 08, 2012, 04:05 PM »
I got myself a brand new silverado as well.       Can,t wait to introduce it to all my gear. And the sweet sweet smell of a bucket full of fish
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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #27 on: Dec 08, 2012, 05:27 PM »
2012 700 Yamaha Grizzly

I got the '10 limited 700. You are gonna love it.

Offline Melbs7

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #28 on: Dec 09, 2012, 08:19 AM »


A 2001 Kawasaki Prairie 400 with only 83 miles on it.... wooo hooo.

Offline johnny-walleye

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Re: Best purchase this season
« Reply #29 on: Dec 13, 2012, 01:37 PM »
Clam 1660

 



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