Fish Trap Pro mods.

[walleyemaniac]

Did some mods to my Fish Trap this fall, finally got pics of it. Hope you like.

New to the picture thing, couldn't figure out to put captions with them. If there are any questoins on any of my stuff I'll try and answer back. Got some of the ideas from other post's and did some of it off the top of my head.

[Surreal Deal]

It looks good - I like the James Bond hidden control panel!

Do you store the electronics somewhere inside the sled during transport or do you leave them out like that?

[DTro]

Nice!

I like the ram mount for the flasher

BTW, i fixed your links for you on the pictures. You were close, in order for them to show up in the post you need to copy the IMG code from photobucket and paste it in your post.

[walleyemaniac]

Thanks for the help with the pics, I'll remember that. And ya the ram mounts will fold in so I can get the cover on (you just have to mount them close enough to the edge of the metal backet to have clearance). I have the Lake Master chip for my GPS and I can leave that out under the cover when I'm pulling it across the lake to see where my waypoints are, or contour changes...

[hamms-scooter]

I love the flasher mount! Only thing is i do alot of hole hopping and that means movin the house everytime ,in your case. You are set up though i would have to say. Have to show my old man this and he will be in the shop tomorrow trying to duplicate it! I think i will have to get another flasher just to mount one perminantly like that sweet! Do you have the fl-8 and gps going to the same battery in the center there just have a cig adapter for gps? Great mod!!!

[hamms-scooter]

When you are sitting down in the house what are the switches on your right side for? Oh and did i mention i loved the flasher mounted like that!!

[walleyemaniac]

The switches are for the lights. Not that I had to, but I ran a seperate switch for every 2-lights (one switch per pole) that way I can adjust the light where I want it & save on the battery if I don't need them all on. I only have the Vex and the lights hooked up direct to the battery. I put the 3-socket 12v in to plug in GPS, ipod...

[Ed Carlson]

Very well done!

In the Clam Line the Guide has always been to me to be the best 1 - Man Shack they ever produced. So smart well thought out Tweaks for it caught my eye right off.

The Go-2 storage system you set for this Guide is well planned and a nice clean looking instillation overall. The reuse of the corner brackets in the switching control center is smart as is the RAM Vexilar conversion, done that one myself in fact on my Frabill Commando...works slick.

I'll give it an A+ and a "Kewl Smiley face".

[WTN4ICE]

Excellent mods !!!! Really like the vex mount..nice run&gun setup !!

[castmaster]

The RAM mounts are definitely the way to go. I used the balls made for mounting on a rail so I could run the Vex's up a bit higher so I wasnt looking down all the time. Have mounts on the side rails on both sides of the house.

Its nice not having to lug around a battery and misc with a vex now, I just put them in one of those small padded electronics cases from the Big C store.

Lighting looks great as well! Nice clean user friendly mods.

[hamms-scooter]

Ed i believe this is a pro. Is that what you meant about best one man or was it the guide you meant?

[hamms-scooter]

I like the fact that the seat in the pro can come out with no use of tools. Makes tweaking your trap much easier.

[jig em up johnny]

nice, you basicaly gave fish trap some new ideas on ice houses

[WallyGader]

Nicely done! I just got my pro about 3 weeks ago, I ordered the light house (white canvas) from the closeouts section on the clam HSOforum for $50 for lighting and for some added insulation. When im finished with it I will try and get some pics. up..

[walleyemaniac]

Thanks for the compliments guys, glad you liked.

[hamms-scooter]

I am currently looking for another cheap flasher so i can mount it on my house that is sweet!

[Ed Carlson]

Ed i believe this is a pro. Is that what you meant about best one man or was it the guide you meant?

Yup-Yup.."Guide Pro"...that is what I meant.

[aczr2k]

Did your pro house come with that rear support bar?

[walleyemaniac]

Yup support bar came with it.

[TruthWalleyes]

Wow, Lots of nice modifications!! Only question, and may be a dumb one, but why is your GPS mounted in the house? Seems like mine is either in the car, or in my hand...but not in the ice house when i'm fishing. Just puzzled, not insulting.

[slammer]

What kind of battery is that? Looks like a motorcycle/atv unit. How long between charges? Excellent work on the mods. I'm always looking new ideas also and yours are great. Thanks for sharing!

[aczr2k]

That's strange I bought a new leftover pro this fall and mine never came with the support bar. Might have to call Clam.

[LakeDocktor]

aczr2k, I bought a leftover as well and mine didn't come with it either. Let me know what you find out.

[leech~~]

I will have to say that this is one of the nicest porty Mod-outs I have ever seen. Great job!

[dairyman]

I called clam on the back spreader bar and they said it did not come with the newer clam but I could buy one----yeah right---so I'm going to make my own out of a piece of emt tubing. Mine won't collapse but so what