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Offline walleyes4*u

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« on: Oct 10, 2006, 07:48 AM »
Hi everyone. My son and I are just getting into ice fishing. This will all be new to use chasing fish on hard water. We love to fish all over, this year we ended up with 3 states of fishing licenses (IA,MN,WI) so we are free to roam 8). Look forward to learning the ins and outs. We are currently starting out with zip equipment. Shopping around for equipment, so if you have anything you might want to part with, just give me a shout ;)
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Offline The Darkness

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Re: New Member
« Reply #1 on: Oct 10, 2006, 09:23 AM »
Welcome aboard!
You've come to the right place for information about all aspects of this great sport.
A nicer bunch oof folks cannot be found elsewhere!
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Offline crowbait

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« Reply #2 on: Oct 11, 2006, 02:55 PM »
Walleyes4*u & son

Welcome to the best ice fishing site on the net. I stay in Iowa to ice fish most of the time, go from Clear Lake to south of Des Moines. Last year Clear Lake was slow for keeper eyes, but the way things were up there this summer it could be a blast this winter. I'm looking forward to ice fishing again but would really like to get the boat out a few more time to get into some piggy eyes. It's 3 P.M. right now and it's snowing lightly, sure doesn't seem like October 11th. Hope to see ya on the ice!!

Crowbait :whistle:
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« Reply #3 on: Oct 12, 2006, 10:43 AM »
crowbait, glad to hear from you. We fish Clear Lake alot during open water, we didn't do so well for 'eyes this year there. Alot of 14.5" 'ers. We had better luck at Prarie du Chein. Plan on doing alot of hard water fishing over there. Brother-in-law has a trailer over there and he knows the honey holes during summer. We will see if they are still honey holes come freeze up. :D
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Offline CrappieBuster

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Re: New Member
« Reply #4 on: Oct 12, 2006, 02:13 PM »
Woke up to this wonderful scenery this morning.





If we wouldnt have had the blasted wind I believe we coulda had some ice.........Still nice to see snow and 30 degree temps on october 12th.......
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Offline brittlab

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Re: New Member
« Reply #5 on: Oct 12, 2006, 02:26 PM »
welcome to your newest addiction. last year was my first season and even thou I didn't catch alot of fish, I've been itching to get back out on the ice ;D
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Offline xrayman

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Re: New Member
« Reply #6 on: Oct 13, 2006, 12:02 AM »
welcome to the site.
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Offline IceHolio

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« Reply #7 on: Oct 13, 2006, 04:51 PM »
AHHH... YEPPP... TIME TO HIT THE ICE
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Offline Oldbear

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Re: New Member
« Reply #8 on: Oct 14, 2006, 06:33 AM »
Welcome to the site.  Now lets hope for some good cold weather this winter.
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Offline s.jans

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Re: New Member
« Reply #9 on: Oct 20, 2006, 10:39 AM »
     I have some extra stuff laying around. What all do you need?
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« Reply #10 on: Oct 20, 2006, 08:03 PM »
s.jans, email sent to ya  ;)
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Offline ejensen

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« Reply #11 on: Oct 21, 2006, 04:27 PM »
Welcome to the site, I live just east of Sumner in Randalia, maybe we could hit Sweet Marsh some time.

Ed
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« Reply #12 on: Oct 25, 2006, 06:58 AM »
Quote from: ejensen on Oct 21, 2006, 04:27 PM
Welcome to the site, I live just east of Sumner in Randalia, maybe we could hit Sweet Marsh some time.

Ed

Sounds good Ed. I'm sure we will be out there alot. Will be doing alot of fishing over at Prairie. If ya want to catch a ride, just give me a yell :)
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Offline toothfish

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« Reply #13 on: Oct 25, 2006, 03:37 PM »
Hello Kraig ! 
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« Reply #14 on: Oct 26, 2006, 08:30 AM »
Quote from: toothfish on Oct 25, 2006, 03:37 PM
Hello Kraig ! 

toothfish, I believe we both belong to another forum and have spoke there. I think that is how you got my name. ;D

The son and I are gathering alot of hardwater equpment.

Clam Guide
2 ultralite poles
2 med. lite poles
Aqua Vu
Jiffy Legend Auger
6 tip-ups
skimmer

Things to get yet.

Heater, lures, 4 reels, safety equipment, line for everything, etc.
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Offline toothfish

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« Reply #15 on: Oct 26, 2006, 10:39 AM »
Talking about heaters...We just came back from rainy river and one of the boats in our group had a sun flower type LP heater in their boat. Same type I use for ICE fishing. Thing about these is the noise they make. I know...it's not a big thing but... We stoped at the log cabin bait shop to take a look at what we could buy for a heater in our boat. They had a heater that had a square heating element . Appeared to be ceramic. This heater was very quiet . We ended up not geting one because we didn't have a LP tank with us and would have had to drive into town to get one ..so we made do with out one. I havn't been able to find this heater on line yet. I thought it was made by a company called sunflower. It mounted to the top of a 20 lb tank and there was a model that 1 lb tanks and was made to hang on a fence or limb of a tree for hunters .

Sitting in my shanty the quieter one would be nice.
                                                                                 Phill
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Offline Oldbear

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« Reply #16 on: Oct 26, 2006, 10:58 AM »
I have the Mr Buddy heater.  Their catalytic and suppose to be safe from carbon monoxide poisioning in a tent or ice shelter.  Takes 1lb or can rig 20lb tank to it.  Their even a bigger model with a fan for circulation.  Usually 79.95 but Home Depot had them down to $37.95 late last winter.

Steve
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« Reply #17 on: Oct 26, 2006, 09:20 PM »
I also picked up a Mr. Buddy pertable heater last winter at a clearance price. I fished over at Storm lake one evening, with temps in the single digits and it kept me and my ranger solo plenty toasty :)
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