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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Ice Shack Tips => Topic started by: whitetail on Feb 03, 2021, 07:19 PM
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Having owned a few flip over shelters, I have always had a problem with cold air blowing in between the skirt and the side of the tub. I have put snow on the skirt, laid spud bar on skirt etc.. Never happy with the results. I came up with a way that works for me. I put a 1/4 inch eye bolt through the skirt,down near the ice,and right in front of the tub. Eye bolt on either side with eyes inside. Then I put a light bungee from eye to eye when ready to fish. It pulls the skirt in tight to sides of tub. Works great and no more cold air. I melted a small hole through the skirt with a heated nail for the hole for the eye bolt. I put fender washers on both sides of material and used a locking nut. Works great and takes 2 seconds to put on or take off bungee. This keeps the old man warm.
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Nice. Even though I have a definite love hate relationship with bungee chords!
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Nice. Even though I have a definite love hate relationship with bungee chords!
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Thought about using tarp clips on ice with minimal snow ..that problem has since resolved itself several days ago wit 20 plus inches of snow
sure there are other versions .
https://www.harborfreight.com/multipurpose-tarp-clips-4-pc-63067.html
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I sewed a couple of earth magnets to the skirt and mounted a small iron plate on my tub.Just pull the sides in until the magnets catch.
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2 awesome ideas thanks,, also had that problem on and off,,, simple ideas that i never thought about, gotta love the ingenuity of ice fisherman... goodluck stay safe to both of ya,s
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You are welcome Youngster. Us old guys are "Know it alls" . I know that because 60 years ago my Mother said to me " You are just a know it all " God bless you Mom.