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Offline Out4Trout

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What do you think of this trap?
« on: Dec 17, 2004, 09:28 PM »
This is a set of two ice fishing traps that my neighbor makes


Set up with flag ready to fly


styrofoam insulation to keep the hole from freezing up


pic of one broken down - he puts alot of work into these things.


nice little sled to haul them in


They work real good on a cold and windy day. They keep the snow out and the hole never freezes up.
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #1 on: Dec 17, 2004, 11:41 PM »
does he sell those?
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #2 on: Dec 18, 2004, 12:16 AM »
very good work :D
very professional.
very wow!!!
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #3 on: Dec 18, 2004, 12:49 AM »
Excellent workmanship. You can tell he takes alot of time to make a thing of beauty.
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #4 on: Dec 18, 2004, 04:54 AM »
Thay look too good to use!! :tipup:
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #5 on: Dec 18, 2004, 06:20 AM »
wow thats really something.i dont think i would want to use them. they are nicer than my furniture...lol if i made traps like that my wife would make me make her a new dining room set!! :D  O4T give your neighbor the billditrite seal of approval for billdingitrite
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #6 on: Dec 18, 2004, 06:30 AM »
Quote from: edfalc on Dec 17, 2004, 11:41 PM
does he sell those?

Yes, he actually has a patent on them. I think he sells them for about $100.00 per trap, but I'm not sure. He needed a blueprint of his traps and I own a drafting business, so I made drawings of his traps in trade for some. That was 5 -6 years ago. The traps are made from mahogany and do seem too nice to use and they have gotten beat up a little. These are for a 10" hole. He will make them for any size hole you want.
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #7 on: Dec 18, 2004, 06:37 AM »
Quote from: billditrite on Dec 18, 2004, 06:20 AM
wow thats really something.i dont think i would want to use them. they are nicer than my furniture...lol

LOL my buddies call them "table top traps" because they look like something that you would put on your coffee table.  ;D
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #8 on: Dec 18, 2004, 03:12 PM »
Quality work top to bottom!  Only a true craftsman can make something like that look so good!
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #9 on: Dec 18, 2004, 05:47 PM »
JEEEEEEEEEE that is realy nice stuff,,,,,,,, that man work very hard on those,,,
i would not fish whit theme ,i would put theme in the livingroom ;D,,,,mabe buy some for my wife for saint-valentin 14 feb,,,,,,,, i would say its some art,,,,,, ;D....

this is some piece off colection,,,,,,,,,,

sorry guys for the english ::)


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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #10 on: Dec 19, 2004, 09:24 AM »
Tell your neighbor he does very nice work. I build furniture in my garage durning the summer mostly as a hobby and have custom built some for relatives. What he is doing even if he has the right tools takes time and a lot of it. I build mostly larger items i.e. gun cabinets, end tables, DR tables, cedar lined oak chests, oak book shelves, entertainment centers, etc. and could probably carve any one of these larger items in the time it takes him to make a pair of those. I thought I invested a lot of time in what I do. He probably has all of $100 invested in labor. Very nice
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #11 on: Dec 19, 2004, 11:05 AM »
I'm amazed that he would top off these beautiful traps with a cheap plastic (not a nice metal) spool. ???
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #12 on: Dec 19, 2004, 11:15 AM »
Quote from: joco on Dec 18, 2004, 05:47 PM


sorry guys for the english ::)




joco you have no reason to apologize, you should hear my francais

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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #13 on: Dec 19, 2004, 12:27 PM »
SWEET looking traps ... very professional looking  I bet he enjoys every minute he spends in working on one of those ...

mike
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #14 on: Dec 19, 2004, 01:48 PM »
Mike Id enjoy working on those so much I dont think I would want to use them!!! ;D

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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #15 on: Dec 20, 2004, 07:32 PM »
Those are something you'll see on the Antiques Roadshow in 75 years!  Beauties!  During the summer you could put them on legs and use them for end tables and the sled for a coffee table.  Very Nice

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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #16 on: Dec 23, 2004, 12:39 PM »
Very Nice !  I like the flags, nice and big... :tipup:
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #17 on: Mar 15, 2005, 08:00 PM »
When a fish hits, how does the trap respond? I love those Polar Tip Ups, very smooth. They look similar.
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #18 on: Mar 15, 2005, 08:31 PM »
When the reel spins, so does the top which releases the flag. You can tell if the fish is taking out line by the top spinning or not.
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #19 on: Mar 15, 2005, 08:39 PM »
Those are some sweet traps.... :o
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #20 on: Mar 16, 2005, 09:50 AM »
A thing of beauty, great work!
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #21 on: Mar 16, 2005, 03:05 PM »
Those are sweet, but man..Who's going to spend $100 a trap?
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #22 on: Mar 17, 2005, 02:21 PM »
Nice to see craftsmanship is alive and well in this day of buy it, use it, throw it away.  I am sure he gets a kick out of building these which is great.  Hopefully he or somone he sells these to can post "a monster" on this website.
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #23 on: Mar 17, 2005, 07:25 PM »
man those are beauts but for 100 bucks a trap i could finde better things to buy like 5 polar tip ups. the guy is one hell of a woodworker though.
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #24 on: Mar 17, 2005, 10:32 PM »
Those traps are beautiful. Almost to the point I wouldn't want to even use them but if I'd be spending $100 a trap they better be getting lots of use.  ;D
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #25 on: Mar 18, 2005, 08:03 AM »
They ARE made for ice fishing - gotta use em for what they're made for.  ;D :tipup: :tipup:

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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #26 on: Mar 18, 2005, 08:39 AM »
Beautiful craftsmanship...
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Re: What do you think of this trap?
« Reply #27 on: Mar 21, 2005, 04:58 PM »
I've sen a lot of rigs over the years, but, I've never seen anything as nice as those traps.
There was a lot of creative thinking going into the design.
Very unique and handsome traps.

Hats off to the guy who makes them, $100 each and must be losing money guessing by the amount of work it must take for turn each piece.

You must get a lot of comments on those babies.

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