How much time do you spend in your fish house?

[T.O.W]

I was reading this other thread about what you should have in your fishhouse, really good reading by the way, and as the list was growing someone wrote that all they ever bring are just the basics. Rod, auger, bucket, bait and maybe a couple of other necessities. It got me thinking about how much things have changed in the past 10 or so years. I'm sure most of us have done just the basics before and still loved it. I admit many of us are spoiled and getting soft in our age. But now with the popularity of wheel houses/sleepers, bathrooms, electronics and a variety of comfort items I wondered how much time we now spend on the ice as opposed to the days when it was just the basics.

From day trips, over-nighters, weekenders or longer I'm curious to see how much time your spending on the ice every year.

Me, I use a wheelhouse and get about three long weekends where I'm out on the ice for more than 72 hours straight, usually northern MN; about 3-4 local overnight trips, and probably 5-7 day trips with the house. With the portable or no house probably 8 single day trips.

Too bad things like work get in the way of my TOW -Time on Water

[stumper]

I average 100 trips to the ice a yr. Usually every day before or after work.Often,both...

[shizzy]

2-3 times a week, local lakes only. usually 4-8hrs at a time. Ill bucket hop till I find fish then pop up the shack.

[Esox_Magnum]

Just a flip over here but I spend 15=25 hours a week during ice season in it. More over the holidays.

[T.O.W]

I average 100 trips to the ice a yr. Usually every day before or after work.Often,both...

Nice..., do you need an apprentice?

[Northlander]

I run my Otter almost daily and bring anything I think I might use that day. More if Im going multi species that day or trip.

[Eric Kruger]

im out almost everyday.... the skid house is up north all year and we go to that 3 to 4weekends a year

[crappiebuster]

I punched over 100 days last year. Nice long season.

[eyebjim]

From the first week I can get the wheel house out with a 4 wheeler til the last weekend of walleye season I fish from friday night til sunday afternoon in it every weekend with several days off thrown in there. Nothing like siting on your couch watching sat tv and pulling fish out of the floor while a pizza cooks in the oven.

[luvin2fish]

too long to count

[OnAFly]

Not near enough, and I take a lot of heat the way it is!

[bopper4]

Nor quite sure on a total but my personal best on Lake of the Woods was 53 days. The previous year I had 52. I would have to guess altogether I get out about 75 days or so in a good year

[CrappieNut]

wow im jelous of all of you, i only got out twice last year as opposed to 30+- the year before, we just got to busy with a new business. when i go and the fishing gets slow i wip out the iphone and jump on this web-site. it's pretty fun when passing time

[Boar]

Wow you guys arnt married are you. Just teasing. I get a 12 trip to LOW an put in two full days each time, an get to a local lake about half adoozen more trips, all with kids so when april comes I'm tired. Boar

[hawkeye43]

I say not enought, my wife thinks too much.

[Glockwinger]

Made two trips to Upper Red that were 3 days each, Two trips to Mille Lacs that were 2 days each, and 10 overnights on local lakes all in my wheel house. I probably got out an additional 15 times for an afternoon in the porty.

Gonna camp in the wheelhouse in the driveway with my 8 year old son tonight!

[crappiekid]

im out almost everyday.... the skid house is up north all year and we go to that 3 to 4weekends a year

Eric how are you? Guess WHO??

[JSK76]

21 times last year. I saved 2 week of vacation for this winter strictly for fishing and will also be out every weekend I can.

I honestly get jealous of my buddy's they work form about April until deer season and then collect unemployment and fish all winter.

[Boar]

Road construction? my best freind dose that, has my wheels turning some winters. boar

[JSK76]

Road construction? my best freind dose that, has my wheels turning some winters. boar

yup. and one does concrete. I'm right there with you on the wheels turning.

[stymie]

Quote:

Gonna camp in the wheelhouse in the driveway with my 8 year old son tonight!

Glock - You have no idea how happy I am to hear that!! My wife thinks I am nuts. My boys and I start spending about 1 night a weekend sleeping in the house out in the driveway from the middle of November until we hit the ice!

Last year we spent 23 nights out in the house, plus countless day trips with the portable. Not bad for Southern MN!

[Ed Carlson]

I slip out after work a lot...hit the river a couple hours almost every day in the winter, or every other day.

Many days before work too..peak bite..and off to the coal mine I go with my mind right.

I call it my "Morning Meditation Time".

[Glockwinger]

Quote:

Gonna camp in the wheelhouse in the driveway with my 8 year old son tonight!

Glock - You have no idea how happy I am to hear that!! My wife thinks I am nuts. My boys and I start spending about 1 night a weekend sleeping in the house out in the driveway from the middle of November until we hit the ice!

Yeah, my son loves to fish with me and "camp" in the fish house. We usually sleep in there once a week before ice season and watch a movie. He definately caught his dad's ice fishing disease!

[KG243]

I only have limited days to get out as I work full time and go to school full time also then to top it off I have a wife and two little girls! So when I plan a day out I usually stay out in the porty for 12 houras at least.

[hovermn]

I'm out a few times after work during the week, and sleep in the wheeled house Friday-Sunday pretty much every weekend with thick ice. Usually, I'll get a few longer trips in to Northern and Central MN, 3-5 days each.

Unfortunately, I doubt I'll be out as often as I was last year. Just too much stuff, and too many expenses