last years goto

[zombiejigger]

So... i spent last ice season in Texas building a pipeline. got out once

whats the goto ice gear from last year you wouldn't do without this year? i was just going through last years ice mags and thought i would ask what everyone thinks the best(gear) stuff was from last year.

[lefty2053]

Last year was a very slow year for Ice fishing in general. But everyone was making their own Automatic fishing devices. I ended up making at least 6 different ones and then after the year was over I settled on one of the simplest designs and will be using it a lot this year. Just hope fishing is better. The Fat Fish by Eskimo Popup Shelters and Shappells Wide House were very popular. I bought the Wide House 5500.

[jumbo chaser]

The new FLX 28 is new for electronic s I bought one can't wait to try it

[H the yeti]

Lefty,
Not sure if you fish for trout but waxies on a # 10 or smaller glow jig did the job last year in Colorado. We never had a slow down w/ multiple ma fish iced out of South park.

As far as the topic... I fell in love with the jawjacker.

[muskyon46]

Have to agree with lefty, making my own jacker was cool especially after I got the trigger down and the final product hooked up. Other than that I would have to say the eagle claw inline for the pan fish and the rapala charge n glow for my nite trips

[boder]

I will agree with the inline reel stated above. Also really like my frabil jiggler for shallow water pan fish. And I really glad I spent the money and bought done tungsten ice jigs.

[stripernut]

Homing my skill with and using larger Salmo Chubby Darter with great results!

[lefty2053]

Lefty,
Not sure if you fish for trout but waxies on a # 10 or smaller glow jig did the job last year in Colorado. We never had a slow down w/ multiple ma fish iced out of South park.

As far as the topic... I fell in love with the jawjacker.

Went to Antero for the first time with someone that always catches fish there. WE and everyone on the lake was skunked that day. 1 Bite all day.

[toofuss]

To me its the inline reels. But most of my fishing is crappie perch and gills. Another thing that showed a lot of promise were the two new augers from jiffy and strike master. The pro 4 performed really well but is heavy. The Honda light from strike master seemed to have a few issues at first but I think they are corrected now.

[jethro]

I can't remember if it came out last year or the year before, but I bought one last year, my Clam Bigfoot XL4000T hub shanty. I couldn't be any happier. It is priced very reasonably, it is absolutely huge inside, it withstood 50mph winds without even a single concern, it heats up really fast and holds heat well, has great windows and gear lofts... the zipper pulls suck and the doors are not the greatest shape/size, but it's light, easy to dry in my bathtub, and I used it no less than 30 times last year and it still looks like new. To be fair, it's my first experience with a hub shanty, so I don't have much to compare it to, but I'm really impressed by the value of this thing.

[SeisMec]

Having freezing or near freezing temperatures at night for the next few days.