I have an eskimo quickfish3, 6'x6' I fished saturday alone, setup & took down in the wind. Blowing 40+. First Set the shanty on the ice flat so that the wind is hitting a corner, not directly on 1 hub, this will put 1 corner basically in the front. Anchor that corner before doing anything else. Then anchor the other 3 corners, get used to how far out the anchors for the ropes should be, put
2 anchors in for the hub ropes front side back won't need any. popout front hubs take your pick which 1st @ same time put rope around anchor immeadiately. Then back, then roof. Not fun, but not that tough.
When taking down, same in reverse
EXCEPT leave the anchors for the hub ropes in the ice, take the ropes off, collapse shanty, remove skirt anchors from back to front. Here's the trick, as you remove the last corner anchor from the front side, just leave it on the ice for now, hold shanty down, keep 1 hub rope out as you roll up shanty,
before doing anything else re-attach hub rope to one of the anchors you left in the ice. This will keep the shanty from going anywhere as you begin to put it back in the bag. Once you have the bag 1/2 way over the shanty blowing away is no longer a threat. disconnect the rope, finish bagging, the pickup any anchors still left on or in the ice.
1st pick look closely and the rods especially the one on the left they appear to be bent down, but they're bent in a bit. The hub stays out, the bottom out due to anchors, rods bow in the middle.
2nd pick storm over, sunny skies, blowing so hard still a whiteout, frabill shanty not much over 50-60 yards away, can't see shoreline.
