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Quickfish 3 Rookie Season

wintertim

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Well, after two years of "considering" a new hub style house, I finally bought a Quickfish 3 (great deal, btw, thanks to FF). After 3 setup/takedown cycles in my back yard, it's pretty clear to me that these houses will definitely take some practice setting up, especially once I move to real conditions on a windy lake. Very nice, roomy house once set up, but I'm anticipating some frustrating times ahead... eek

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BrdHunter01 Proficient

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Had one out on Mille Lacs last year in 25-30 mph winds... We had a couple guys and handled it with no problem. Tie an ice anchor in FIRST before poping anything up. Pop the top up, then one side and tie it off to the anchor asap... I really like these shacks....

BTW: what are teh dimensions of your shack? I looked online and saw the QF3 was a 70 by 70 then in the FF ad it was bigger?

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try not to take it out in anything worse than 20-25 mph. your walls will start blowing in and it's tough to take down in those conditions.

Definitely good advice. Wind is the enemy pop-up shelters, unless you plan on waiting out the wind. Make sure you have good screws or it can be a pain to screw it down

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I just bought a qf3 set it up about 5 or 6 times, it goes pretty good once you get used to it, I had it up and down the last time in about 45 seconds total (my son times me) The floor print is only 6x6 but the elbow room is like 8x8 or pretty close because the sides pop out, it is way bigger than the clam 2000 we are used to and I am pumped to get it on the ice!

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i felt like that could happen to me last year on my first voyage with my quickfish. it was calm all day while we were tipup fishing battle creek, and then 10 minutes before we wanted to go, mad gusts rolled in. we couldnt get the house in the bag to save our life. of course we had the 4 year old with us too, so i carried her in my arms with the sled behind me walking into what was probably 30+ mph winds. thats why i havent sold my old clam jr. if its too windy the suitcase still comes out.

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No company beat the quickfish this year I can now set up in 1min and be packed back into the bag after 1min, takes practice but this shack is the bomb works for spearing or reg fishin, just built a fold up floor for mine n now I'm really set!

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I've had my QF3 for 2 years now, and I love it. As a couple others have mentioned above, you CAN use it on windy days, but be sure to put in at least one screw before you pop the sides (I usually pre-do two if it's windy). If you get it staked down right, the wind won't cave the sides. You can also angle it so that the wind is blowing at a corner instead of a side, and that helps too. Happy fishing!

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yeah if its windy dont have an entire side facing the wind, put the corner away from the door into the wind, put a screw on that corner and pop it up, then just bank the sides that are on the widy sides and you are set. a couple times i set screws and had them attached to the hubs to keep them from from getting pushed in by the wind, but that was only on the days with the most wind.

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