2012 Fish House Build

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

I should add that it says it is only 5 1/2" from the ceiling. It seems like way more. I'll measure tonight.

[jerkbait]

Thanks, LGR. Ceiling height won't be an issue in my shack, it has a vaulted ceiling. I just have to make sure that it clears the vault.

[NKLCOLT1911]

awesome looking rig LRG nicer than most big name builds.

[rebel102285]

i cant wait to see more details on these outboxes

[walleyewiz0212]

LRG, Accidently deleted your PM. It says your box is full so I cant send you one. Have a few more questions for you!!

[icehead]

I don't post much on here but have watched your post on several of your builds. Looks great and I enjoy your post about them Thanks, LRG!

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

  goose_slayer said:

LRG, Accidently deleted your PM. It says your box is full so I cant send you one. Have a few more questions for you!!

Should be good to go now.

[walleyewiz0212]

Sorry still can't. Says your private topic is full..

[CaptainMusky]

  goose_slayer said:

Sorry still can't. Says your private topic is full..

If you have 5 replies in a PM conversation you have to start a new one. Just send him a new PM not related to the other one and it should work.

[walleyewiz0212]

Yep I did try that and it still wouldn't let me. Still pretty new at the posting part.

[Scoldy_Nation]

Awesome job on the build! Can't wait till next years! haha

[rebel102285]

Any more details yet on your outside rattle reels

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

Sorry for the delay.

Inside is an electronic reel, and single mantle propane lantern.

The blue cold weather cord on the right side runs back to an outlet on the house, and then is connected to the inside buzzer. These ran all winter on a 20# tank. Never had any issues with the holes freezing up, all the way down to at least -20. The only time I turned the lantern off the lowest setting was when it was windy.

[BartmanMN]

Nice invention. Did you come up with this idea?

[RiverChuckNorris]

Now that's American ingenuity! Sweet set up LRG. Any chance you retired from engineering?

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

  BartmanMN said:

Nice invention. Did you come up with this idea?

Definitely not mine. I wish! It is made by Fish_Alert Co. out of the Alexandria area.

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

  RiverChuckNorris said:

Now that's American ingenuity! Sweet set up LRG. Any chance you retired from engineering?

Haha...far from an engineer! I am working on a wireless setup for these, but I have no idea if/when they'll be done. I had it almost figured out last year, but I'm missing one key piece and can't seem to track it down.

[NKLCOLT1911]

cool idea but what is the purpose of them?

[tisosy11]

I would imagine better than a tip up becuase you don't have to constantly monitor the flag. And also don't have to worry about freezing the tip up to the ice and losing it.

I'd have to worry about getting it run over by snowmobilers and such but looks like a real nice set up.

[nofishfisherman]

How many of those boxes do you have? If you have more than one is there a way to know which one has the fish when the buzzer goes off in the house?

[tisosy11]

In that same regard, if you had more than one going, it would be nice to have a beacon light on the outside of it to make them more visible and then if you got a bite the light could change to flashing or something...

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

  NKLCOLT1911 said:

cool idea but what is the purpose of them?

Nothing (except a flasher) has helped me catch more fish than these boxes. I hate tip ups. They are always frozen, or stuck, or you forget to check the flag every 5 minutes, etc.

These give you 24 hours of tip up fishing, with none of the drawbacks. The holes never freeze. You know instantly when you get a bite. You never have to check for a flag. You have a place to keep your hands warm if the fish is slow to take line. The light is built in.

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

  nofishfisherman said:

How many of those boxes do you have? If you have more than one is there a way to know which one has the fish when the buzzer goes off in the house?

2 last year, adding another 2 this year.

Each box has a LED light on the buzzer inside the house, so you know which is which.

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

  tisosy11 said:

In that same regard, if you had more than one going, it would be nice to have a beacon light on the outside of it to make them more visible and then if you got a bite the light could change to flashing or something...

I am testing a small red LED clearance light on the outside of the box, just in case you forget which box is which. It hasn't been a problem. I am hesitant to add anything with flash that will attract more attention from the "monkey-see, monkey-do'ers".

There is red and white reflective tape on all sides of the boxes, plus the propane tanks. There is no way to not see them. If a snowmobile hits one, they will be going WAY too fast, WAY to close to my fish house.

[NKLCOLT1911]

Quote:

Nothing (except a flasher) has helped me catch more fish than these boxes. I hate tip ups. They are always frozen, or stuck, or you forget to check the flag every 5 minutes, etc.

These give you 24 hours of tip up fishing, with none of the drawbacks. The holes never freeze. You know instantly when you get a bite. You never have to check for a flag. You have a place to keep your hands warm if the fish is slow to take line. The light is built in.

oh ok cool