2016/2017 ice fishin season who's ready?

[1MOFISH]

started to look over stuff it wont be long the pm's are waking up.gonna try to fill propane bottles this year collected a dozen or so.need a slippy product on bottom of sled to make the pull easier,any suggestions?
GOD BLESS
mo

[Spider1]

need a slippy product on bottom of sled to make the pull easier,any suggestions?

what do you mean? Like Hyfax? A Smitty sled? Wax?

[3300]

hyfax made a huge difference pulling by hand other than powdered snow and saves the sled. skies under the sled makes that pull a lot easier.

[tomertim]

My wife woke up this morning to the humming of the vexilar above the t.v.  I told her I was just testing the battery, but really its kind of like music in the house.

[Spider1]

yeah, pretty much, I wouldn't have a tub of any kind without hyfax runners on it and I love my Smitty sled. And, I make sure to wax my skis on the sled a couple times a year especially if I had to drag it over pavement. I just melt on parrifin wax an spread it with an old iron through a sheet of paper. Don't use the ol'ladies favorite iron... they hate that for some reason!

[1MOFISH]

hyfax? need to oogle it? wax could be next step?by the way who irons lol?my sled is real rough because we get a lot of dry parkin lots when snow melts.
GOD BLESS
mo

[3300]

whom ever made your sled should offer a hy-fax kit for it. they bolt on and you have to drill holes for the bolts. shappells kits are reversible so you get twice the use from them.

you can mix and match kits to sleds, like shappell to cabelas for an example. a 3 runner hy-fax kit should be about 30$ or roughly 10$ per hy-fax strip with hardware. the hardware in shappells is stainless steal and they use good washers (rubber under metal) to keep water out.

i'm surprised if you haven't worn holes in your sled on  parking lots. the hy-fax will get chewed up too, but that's cheaper than the sled to replace.
maybe you should look into building a smitty sled with wheels to put your sled onto. build it so the wheels are fast on and off and still use the hy-fax kit.

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=103927.0

also, try pulling up to the lake and unload and load there so your not pulling a fully loaded plastic sled over pavement. i do even when there is snow.
you could sand out some of the roughed up scratches if your not going to use hy-fax, but would be good to do even with the hy-fax for deeper snow when your not using a smitty ski.

[1MOFISH]

whom ever made your sled should offer a hy-fax kit for it. they bolt on and you have to drill holes for the bolts. shappells kits are reversible so you get twice the use from them.

you can mix and match kits to sleds, like shappell to cabelas for an example. a 3 runner hy-fax kit should be about 30$ or roughly 10$ per hy-fax strip with hardware. the hardware in shappells is stainless steal and they use good washers (rubber under metal) to keep water out.

i'm surprised if you haven't worn holes in your sled on  parking lots. the hy-fax will get chewed up too, but that's cheaper than the sled to replace.
maybe you should look into building a smitty sled with wheels to put your sled onto. build it so the wheels are fast on and off and still use the hy-fax kit.

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=103927.0

also, try pulling up to the lake and unload and load there so your not pulling a fully loaded plastic sled over pavement. i do even when there is snow.
you could sand out some of the roughed up scratches if your not going to use hy-fax, but would be good to do even with the hy-fax for deeper snow when your not using a smitty ski.

i got a clam flipover and its really hard to "launch "at a busy ramp its insane some days guys pullin up in the trees to park no lol and with all the stuff i bring for me and the dominator it takes 15 minutes to pack up no lol thank you will look into the hyf ax as aint got no room for smitty lol ill take a picture in the future
GOD BLESS
mo

[Spider1]

If you make the smitty right, it breaks down easily. Doesn't take up much room at all.

[jayswimmer09]

I'm not as nimble as i used to be... but just give me a call and ill pull your gear out. At least i know ill get to watch someone catch a fish! Even if they aren't hitting for anyone else.

[StonecoldCat]

http://williamsport.craigslist.org/mat/5762588907.html

[J Miser]

We only got 8 weeks left until first ice, don't we?

YES WE DO!!!

[1MOFISH]

We only got 8 weeks left until first ice, don't we?

YES WE DO!!!

here looks like 12 weeks togo

Niech cię Bóg błogosławi
mo

[1MOFISH]

well i went out to check conditions and water temps i might have to revise my forecast to at least 10 weeks lol had to try out the striper killer lure while i was checkin things out 
GOD BLESS
mo

[Old Goat]

what no flasher                  have someone swim under the transducer and report back

[Capt.Jim-N.J.]

At least now, you can see exactly what the jigs are doing when you twitch

[icecube]

  Nice float suit Mo! LOL!

[1MOFISH]

  Nice float suit Mo! LOL!

looks like im gonna need it again this year or might have to howdy neighbor you at your local lake lol  still swimming here hopefully not in january
GOD BLESS
mo

[pa ice king]

Excited. New Lx7 for the 2016 2017 ice season!

[aquarium234]

hey for back to the original post, if your refilling  bottles, check out you tube, great examples of how to fill them. Pulling out that pressure tab a few quick bursts really speeds up the fill. Just like they do with the big tanks when they fill them. :-) just make sure you do it outside........... 

[1MOFISH]

gonna look at u tube video to fill bottles, boy is time going fast  :wacko:its just around the corner seems like yesterday last time on ice
GOD BLESS
mo

[Chris338378]

The thing that will make your pull the easiest aside from a machine or conning a friend into doing it for you is a Smitty Sled, they're quick, cheap, and easy to build.

[1MOFISH]

The thing that will make your pull the easiest aside from a machine or conning a friend into doing it for you is a Smitty Sled, they're quick, cheap, and easy to build.

ha ha i got jayswimmer to volunteer to pull my stuff in lieu of puttin him into some feesh lol i shouldnt complain some times i fish otta my tailgate  people walk over tons of fish all the time  :cookoo:alot of structure is right next to shore we cant wait to fish,never got boat out i need to sell it its a great machine butttttttttttttt as b o a t stands for "break out another thousand" was tight on cash and still am but thank GOD i have all my needs supplied.
GOD BLESS
mo

[Buttonbuckslayer!]

I'm ready, been thinking about it since my last day on the ice!  With my work schedule, ice fishing is the only hobby that I actually have time and a clear mind to enjoy anymore.  That kid of yours is plenty big to be pulling gear, get two little sleds and have him make 2 trips! 

[J Miser]

here looks like 12 weeks togo

Niech cię Bóg błogosławi
mo

Right back at you mo........just remember, two years ago, we were on the ice November 20, the earliest ever, last year, January @(*$^, the latest ever.  who the hell knows when this season will start, might as well be an optimist.

[Chris338378]

I'm hoping we have a repeat of being on the ice on November 20th again, that'd be a fitting payback for last years lousy season.  Only time will tell but I'm hoping.

[slider]

Ok.mo
We really didn't . needto.see that

[geothefisher]

I'm ready to go!!!  I was really excited to hear the low temp was 23 the other night in Lopez!!!  It's coming!!!

[Trout Sen-Sei]

Haven't got out much last 5 years but anxious to get out more and meet all of you guys. Retirement is nearing and my campground is only 15 min from Moraine. Have boat fished there a lot so i'll give it a try. At the least I can b.s. a lot about the old days.

[Chris338378]

I've been ready to go since last season except for changing the line on my jigging reels,  I wait until the new line comes out, but that won't take long to do.