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Montana => Ice Fishing Montana => Topic started by: Peterwheels on Feb 15, 2024, 12:36 PM
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I have ice fished all my life but never had a shelter. Time to retire where I will have more time during the week. What type of shelter should I get, a clam type or pop-up? Undecided.
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I have ice fished all my life but never had a shelter. Time to retire where I will have more time during the week. What type of shelter should I get, a clam type or pop-up? Undecided.
You plan on fishing by your self? Flipover is the way to go if you are. If you have some to go with you Everytime a pop up might be best
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I have ice fished all my life but never had a shelter. Time to retire where I will have more time during the week. What type of shelter should I get, a clam type or pop-up? Undecided.
Both....:>)
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Both....:>)
Agreed. My 3-piece arsenal consists of a 4-person pop-up, a flip, and a sled/stool combo to cover all bases. I use the flip far more often than any other option. Be aware that "two-person" flips often translate to "two-hole" flips; plenty of room for one person fishing two holes but tight for two people. As someone who is more interested in GOING outdoors to BE outdoors than fishing in boxer shorts (which appears to be important to some folks), I like the option of being able to flip a shelter open to act as a windbreak in addition to it serving as a heated shelter when necessary. How far you plan to travel on the ice, snow depth, and ability to load a flip in the truck solo (i.e. its weight) are all things to consider.
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The answer to this question really depends on how you fish. If you like to run and gun, moving from one spot to another often, especially if you use a four wheeler, get the flip. With the built in sled, you can be flipped down and loaded in minutes. A hub takes forever to set up and take down, because everything has to be unloaded from the sled, then loaded to leave, folded up, ice anchors to screw and unscrew, etc. but the hub is nicer and roomier once you are set up. You will have to have a separate sled and fold up chairs for the hub. Seats are built in on the flip. So get the hub if you plan to stay in one spot. My main issues with the flip over were weight while unloading it from the pickup and finding a place to store it over the summer. If you do get the flip, take the fabric part off and store it in the house to keep mice away from it. The sled, seats and poles can be stored in a shed or the garage.
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You plan on fishing by your self? Flipover is the way to go if you are. If you have some to go with you Everytime a pop up might be best
This right here is the way to go.
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Once I purchased the flip over, My hub hasn't left the garage. I move around a lot looking for fish and I found with a hub, I didn't move once it was set up.
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I've got a 14' wheelhouse, 2 man flipover, one man flipover and a hub. I've only used the hub once, wheelhouse gets a lot of use now when ice is good, but my most used shelter nowadays is my one man flipover. With the Livescope I'm moving a lot more now and it's super lightweight and easy to mobilize. When there are more of us, we all just take our own one man or small two man flipovers.