Otter Pro Ice Cottage Portable

[TeddyBoy]

Anyone fish two people out of the cottage with a bench seat? Looking for a one man but occasionally need to fish two.

Thanks!

[Northlander]

It could be done with 2 small people like kids but 2 average people would not work in my opinion. The Otter Cabin would be what I recomend. I use mine as a big 1 man and it fishes 2 people pretty good. If you will fish 2 people a lot than the Lodge is what you want.

[picksbigwagon]

I can get my son (7) and myself in it, two adults, no room to fish.....only enough room for two holes in the ice anyway

[Northlander]

Ya I was just going to post that Picks. Its tight with 2 holes and a sunflower heater or Mr. Heater. As I said before I would go with the cabin and have way more room and 2 comfy swiveling seats. Plus thicker coated canvas, better poles and the tub is a better design. The Wild has a tendency to tip a bit if you sit too far forward on the sled incline side with the bench mounted too far to that side. I tel everyone to mount the bench as far towards the back of the sled as possible. This helps a lot!

Check out all the houses at www.otter.com and see what you like. Im running 2 Cabins this year. 1 for myself and 1 for friends/clients.

[picksbigwagon]

love it for a solo house though. I modified a table that goes on the edge of the tub. I will take a picture when I dig it out of storage.

[Northlander]

Picks you run it as a solo? I can hardly get out of one. LOL.

[picksbigwagon]

yeah, being normal sized is not good with a cottage, but once you learn how to get in and out, it is pretty slick...when weather allows it,I hole hop pulling it behind me with my deer drag.

[Chode2235]

I have the Den, which is the older model of the cottage. I can fish two out of it, but it really isnt that comfortable.

It works, and it is better than lugging around a big two man all the time.

[picksbigwagon]

correction, I have the den as well, which I know is not that much different. NO way could I get another adult in it with me unless we were in dire straits

[palisade1kid]

I've got a Lodge and that right there is the perfect 2 man house.

A cottage is more suited to 1 man with a ton of room.

[tsande00]

love it for a solo house though. I modified a table that goes on the edge of the tub. I will take a picture when I dig it out of storage.

I'd love to see this. I have plans of trying to fabricate some sort of table to keep beverages from spilling off my bench seat back into the tub.

If I had some sort of table that hung off the front of the tub/sled I'd be golden.

[picksbigwagon]

My ice house will be in storage until our house is built. I might not be able to post a picture for a while, like a couple months. when I get time I will try and write it up for you. It doesn't hang over the front of the sled much (less than an inch) but it fits over the slanted end of the tub.

Okay,the table is only about 10"wide/ I used 1/4" plywood for the top and 2x2's for the frame. Now the frame is the tricky part since the front part of the tub is slanted. Figure out the angle (30 degrees if I remember correctly) and make sure your table frame has that angle cut into the frame. Once you have done that, drill 2 holes in the edge of your tub, one in the front one in the back under where the table sits. Then put the screws into the frame so when the wind blows, the table doesn't fall into the tub (believe me it will, usually with he last beer too). basically I screwed a 1# propane tank holder into the back of the table to put my heater on. It has room for my radio or waxies or tackle box, I guess i could put an edge around it as well so stuff didn't spill into my tub.

Hope that helps....I might have a picture somewhere but that remains to be seen at this time

not much of a photo, but you can see it sticking out next to the bench seat. Iwill get better pictures I promise