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I love my Marcum Ice Troller!

Jim Uran

By Jim Uran
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Jim Uran Grand Master

Jim Uran

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I don't know about you, but I have a hard time getting out ice fishing during the week. I work my 8-4:30 M-F job and by the time I get home it’s dark outside! Last night I was fortunate to get off a half hour early, big difference right? Well a half hour of light sure helps a guy when he is in a hurry, and so does my Marcum Ice Troller!

I got home last night and loaded up my gear and hurried to the lake, dropped my Team Wild 3 on the ice and looked out and thought to myself, where do I start?

This is where my Marcum Ice troller comes in handy, it's small enough to fit in my jacket pocket, it's light weight, and it's durable. I've had it on the ice with me many times over the past year, and it has performed flawlessly. Don’t let the small size fool you though, it has plenty of power and boasts some serious interference rejection and sensitivity settings.

I had a general idea where I wanted to go, I fished this area about 15 years ago with my dad. I knew there was a bar that came out that was surrounded with deeper water, the bar went straight out and it curved to the left before it dropped into the depths. That inside turn on that bar is where I wanted to be.

By the time I pulled my gear out in to the general area I wanted to fish it was pretty much dark and I haven't even fired up the Strikemaster yet. With the help of my Marcum Ice Troller I was able to locate the bar out from the bullrushes. I followed it out about 75 yards and found where it turned to the east and found my spot within 5 minutes without even drilling a single hole.

The bar tops out at 9-10 feet along its entirety and on either side of it, it's anywhere from 15-18 feet. I like to fish those inside turns, they are high percentage spots that seem to corral the fish into a smaller area, and it’s a great spot to set up and pick off fish because they roam through there more frequently.

I drilled my hole set up my Team Wild 3 and was fishing within another 5 minutes, a couple minutes later I had 2 bluegills on the ice that were both in the 9" range, I finished the very short night with 10 quality bluegills and 8 crappies, all released to fight another day.

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leech~~ Grand Master

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Leech, I ve had it for a year and I'm just giving everyone my thoughts on it and how it helped me on the ice, I have no personal affiliation with marcum. Its a great piece of equipment.

I know i'm just pulling your chain buddy! It maybe because I just got a Huum ice 55 this year and am pretty excited to try that out soon! grin

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You must not have watched any of leechbait's hotspotoutdoors videos using a Vexilar Genz box as recent as April 2011 catching crappies on late ice. They both have their purpose and I too think the "troller" is a great little unit when on the prowl; and oh by the way..........no affiliation with Marcum either.

Keep up the great videos James!

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