Radio in portables?

[stillwaterangler]

Hey I was wondering if anyone has ever tried to hook up some small speakers to the top cross bar on a portable and run a long headphone style wire down tho the side maybe by one of the side pockets to run a small hand held radio off of? I think it would be kinda nice. If you could find some speakers that didn't impede the functionality of the shack it would be top notch.

[dishman]

I found a portable speaker case at JCPenney for $9.99 that houses any MP3 player or Ipod. It runs on three AAA batteries and has a zipped compartment inside that houses the MP3 player. I have an MP3 player with radio tuner so you have the best of both worlds, music and the ability to listened to the miserable vikes. It doesn't have a lot of volume. Just enough to hear good and not distract other anglers close by. It also has a hook that I was able to hook on my top support in my otter. I used it ice fishing with my little guy on Friday and it worked great. Well worth the $9.99.

[Braden_Larson]

I use a product called a Rock Out speaker made by Goal Zero. I think they are around 35 bucks. The nice thing is that it is rechargeable thru a USB port on either a computer or a car charger for some cell phones. I hate to spend money on throw away batteries.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

Depending on weight considerations, some days I just bring a small am/fm radio and carabiner clip it to one of the poles. If I forget that, I can always stream Pandora, RadioIO, or any number of podcasts or other radio sources from my phone.

[Colt_45]

I have what dishman said, put the headphone jack in, zip it up the ipod inside, speakers are on the outside, mine is 2 AA i think, works great, clear music, more than loud enough for me. Wife pick them up, would guess she paid around 10-15 each, had ours for a couple seasons now. no problems

[EBass]

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I just bring a small am/fm radio

+1

I wonder if we could make a show called "Pimp My Icehouse" That would be cool to have wireless speakers/Ipod/Smartphone setup. Then rig the aquaview to watch da vikes loose using the wireless speakers of course and maybe a bigger LCD screen in HD (since I'm dreaming why not)

[jBohmer]

I use a shower radio in my shack. It is small, waterproof, and I have to change that batteries about every three to four years. It also has a hook so it hangs from one of the pipes on my flipover. For about $15 one can be yours!

[Twins Guy]

i heart radio on my cell phone-slick!

[JbuZZo]

I have to have tunes in my flipover...some $10.00 Panasonic MP3 compatable speakers from WalMart and my MP3 player...a little slice of heaven when you can have a soundtrack of old outlaw country to sip your High Life to!

[stillwaterangler]

That's what I was thinking for a set up. I have Pandora and I heart Radio on my phone but those are just two more things to drain battery on my phone while I'm out fishing.

[Fergus Mor McErc]

I use an Altec im207 (there's a newer version now), it uses 3 AAA batteries and is the size and shape of a hockey puck. It will plug into a mp3 player or radio, it easily fits into a pocket and because it's self-powered it sounds great. True, no stereo but it claims to have something called 360 Sound. Whatever it has, like I said, it sounds really good and I don't have to tote around a couple of speakers and their accompanying wires.

[scott b]

I use my weather radio. Gives me Am/Fm, Weather/ Temperature/ Freeze warning, Light. Rechargeable lasts six hours. 3 AAA batteries last 10-15hrs. depending on volume. Super cool Christmas present 3 years ago.

[BrandonN]

I have a small set of speakers I bought from walmart for 10 buck that plugs into my smart phone that works great. They have a booster on it too that runs of 2 AA

[PerchJerker]

I have a small set of speakers I bought from walmart for 10 buck that plugs into my smart phone that works great. They have a booster on it too that runs of 2 AA

I use something very similar to this, I bought it on-line, think it's called the i-Luv or something like that, and cost about $20 when I got it. It sounds really good for being so small, not super loud but that's okay. With my phone I can play mp-3s, listen to the fm radio app, listen to i-heart radio. It's convenient and works well (unless I'm on a phone call