Ice Fishing With an ATV Tips

[Dave]

I had the pleasure of meeting "hunt4food" ,and his father I believe, at the St. Paul Ice Fishing show, Friday night. It was great talking with you. Hope to see you on the ice sometime.

[This message has been edited by Dave (edited 11-30-2001).]

[hunt4food]

Dave, I also enjoyed our converstion. That wheeler looked pretty sassy!! I will definitely get out of the way if I see those tires humming toward my direction! Anytime you want to try the East Metro fishing, let me know! I would be happy to show you a few of my Pike hotspots! My freezer is full of Venison right now so if you come out, maybe you can help me consume some smoked brats and Rolling Rocks while watching flags!!

[hunt4food]

Rick, I checked out that Ice Scout ATV shack for you last night. It is very easy to remove with two pins. I liked it, but the price seems a little steep for me. I will definitely keep an eye on it. It had a great built in chair that functioned very well too.

[Guest]

I use a plastic rectangular gun case to store my multiple fishing rods etc. As you know the gun case is padded on the inside and there is ample room for small tackle boxes etc. Bumps are no trouble and the case takes up little room.

If someone comes up with a fool proof lantern carrying idea please pass it on. Thank god the coleman lanterns still work without a globe!

[Dave]

Will do, hunt4food. THANKS for the invite.
I also looked over the Ice Scout today. Yup, detaches from the ATV rack with two hitch pins. Like hunt4food, I still think that's way too much for a unit, however. It looked like a solid unit thou.

[Rick]

Dave,
I saw that wimpy ATV of yours in the Otter display yesterday

Otter has a good idea with the Auger carrier. How much is it?

Sorry I missed you at the show.

[Dave]

The Otter Ice Shield's (no mounting brackets)retail for $39.99. I don't know what the vendors were getting for them. The brackets I had on there were cobbled up for the show; to let others know that mounting 'em on a wheeler can be done.

[CorynTracySellHomes]

I have a medium Otter house that I absolutely love! Wht I did to transport my auger and supplies was to first mount two eyebolts, (one on either side of the shack) and use two bungee cords one on the handles by the powerhead and one by th blades, this secured the auger pretty darn good! I also mounted a big tupperware box with bolts through the bottom of the sled. This works great for hauling my vexilars, Aqua Vu, my heater and any miscelaneous gear I want to kep dry and unbroken! The storage bin also works great for a seat!
Think Ice!

Cory Frantzick
RE/MAX Associates Plus
Timberlane Homes
(612)801-0809
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[Guest]

Iam thinking about a three man sled with fishhouse not sure which way to go Frabill Triplex or the new Otter, not sure of the model of the Otter any suggestions. I've seen the Otter set up but haven't seen the Frabill Triplex set up. I want to take my Son and Grandson Ice fishing if we ever get any ice in southern MN and want to have enough room so we don't feel like were sitting on top of each other.

[Dave]

I'd go with an Otter Resort if I was fishing three. I have the Lodge now but would get the extra room for another person.

[Guest]

I did kind of like the Otter Resort when I looked at it at Cabela's, but when I was looking at the Frabill XLTwin some guy came by and said he liked his Frabill really will. I'am not sure I like it as dark inside as the Frabill gets, but there is times in clear water it would be easier to see down the hole. And it would be nice to not have a light of sometype during the day just to tie a hook on. I plan I pulling whatever I get behind my four wheeler, it would be nice to be able to get it and my four wheeler into my 6x12 enclosed trailer. I think the Frabill triplex will go in all I should have to do is unhook the sled from the four wheeler and slid the fish house up to the back of the four wheeler with the hitch sliding under the four wheeler. What I need to do is load the four wheeler and see how much room I have left it may make the decison for me. It looks like the Otter Resort is 84" long and The Triplex is 77" long.

[Dave]

I took my Lodge home in an enclosed 6x12 trailer. Four wheeler went in first (had other stuff in front of trailer) and then, I tilted the Lodge, left side up, right side down, and slide it in behind the trailer that way. SO, as you're loking in the trailer, it had the front of the sled up on the left side and the rear of the sled was on the right bottom. Just an idea that may work for the Resort.

[Guest]

I loaded the four wheeler i only have 70" from the rear of the wheels to the back of the trailer I guess Iam going to have to rethink what type of house I will get

[Guest]

I looked at the specks on the Frabill Speed Shaks 6035 XL That I could pull into the Trailer behind the four wheeler and tip it up and slide it in along side of the four wheeler than use my otter sled to store my gear in and set it on top of the Speed Shak when going across the lake any body got any comments on the Frabill Speed Shaks GOOD BAD Or Otherwise.

[Dave]

Just a thought. Do you have anything on the rear rack of your wheeler? Maybe you can hoist the front of the sled onto the rear rack (or front rack if you back the wheeler in) and have enough room that way? (I assume your enclosed trailer is about six feet high)

[Guest]

I looked at that to i would have to remove the rack on the back to get it to slide over the back of the four wheeler. Not sure about the weight to try and left it that high by myself? I keep thinking iam going to have to go to another suit case style house and pull it behind my otter sled like I have been doing with my clam classic. Sure seems like the Sled type houses are the way to go. My buddies told me last night to just go buy a bigger trailer. Nice idea but I don't want to do that right now.

[Scott]

Hi Dave, Did you buy the yolks you use for your auger someplace, or was it a custom job? Also, is the mounting equipment available for that hard plastic holder that you had at the show. Thanks a lot for any info.

[Dave]

Scott,
If I ever spoke about 'yolks' for carrying an auger, it'd have to be the Ryan Yolks. USL markets those now.
The mounts I made for the Otter Ice Shield were made just before the show; to give people an idea what they COULD do with one of those Ice Shields.

[Ferny]

Hey Guy's, I have a wheeler and use it for hunting and fishing. A friend made a bucket holder for bear baiting and it worked so good I had him make me one. It's super simple for a welder. 1" square tubing. It holds 3 buckets and extends from your rack (either one) and the buckets just drop in and hold on by their lip. As for you power auger I use a $20 gun rack to hold the power head and a bungy to hold the auger down.
A bent piece of conduit holds my shack instead of towing it.
It's all pretty inexpensive.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
If you want a pic e mail me at [email protected]

Later,

Ferny.