Black Friday ice fishing deals!

[thatsawalleye]

Just thought I would start a thread on what people are hearing for the best Black Friday deals for ice fishing equipment.

[thatsawalleye]

Clam summit ice house hub style 149.00 at cabelas owatonna

[JohnMickish]

Clam Voyager TCX $499 at Fleet Farm. That is $160 off!

[JohnMickish]

Clam Command Post, $199 at Fleet Farm. That is $100 off! That is a smokin' deal too.

[Morgs]

Cabelas has some good deals on some Garmin's too. I believe they are door busters. Do a google search for black Friday 2013, and you'll get a few options for Gander, Cabelas and Bass Pro.

[castmaster]

Thorne Bros truckload sale always has some great deals

[thatsawalleye]

Wouldn't mind picking up that clam voyager, the old eskimo is starting to look pretty beat up

[Bureaucrat]

I'd steer clear of Cabelas for the first hour. The store in Mitchell has 300 round bricks of .22LR ammo on sale. I have to imagine that will be as close to an all out zombie apocalypse as we'll ever get.

Short of the real thing that is.

[Might_B_A_Pike]

Thorne Bros truckload sale always has some great deals

Anyone know what kind of a markdown they will have on thier rods. Custom or off the shelf?

[fishfinder72]

Anyone near the Iowa Great Lakes (Spirit Lake/Okoboji are) check out Kabeles Trading Post for some sales. Here is some of what they have posted to the facebook site:

***BLACK FRIDAY + WEEKEND SALE ***

$50.00 Kabele’s Gift Certificate for $45.00

Kabele’s Fishing Towel FREE w/ $10.00 Purchase

Clam Ice Armour Suits + Sweatshirt

Clam Voyager Non-Thermal - $400.00 (Assembly Not Included)

Clam 1 man Scout TC - $199.99

Clam Ice Shacks + Free Assembly + Sweatshirt

Clam Edge Auger + Sweatshirt

ION Auger + Free Auger Blades

Jiffy 10” Auger + Free 10” Auger Blades

StrikeMaster Mag 2000 8.25 Auger $349.99

Vexilar FS800 7” LED Camera- $299.99

Marcum VS385 $299.99

Select Ice Fishing Jigs Buy 3 Get 1 Free

[huntndog]

Little jims sports in annandale has 25% off frabill and clam suits and 15% off all fish houses for Friday and Saturday

[muskie hunter]

Black Friday is over rated ice fishing shows, and spring clearence is the way to go.

[Lusid]

Unfortunately, this is the worst time to buy ice fishing gear. You always want to wait for the off-season to stock up OR right after their inventory is getting low and they are not stocking the shelves.

[fishwater]

American Legacy Fishing has a black friday deal going, you can get 15% off black betty ice reels (or anything). Christmas15 @ checkout

[PurpleFloyd]

I have to imagine that will be as close to an all out zombie apocalypse as we'll ever get.

I picked up a Lowrance Elite 5 Ice Machine for 479 floating around in the Bay of E with free delivery.

[castmaster]

Unfortunately, this is the worst time to buy ice fishing gear. You always want to wait for the off-season to stock up OR right after their inventory is getting low and they are not stocking the shelves.

Yep, and then you get to pick from the "runts of the litter"! Any choice colors, sizes etc will be long gone. Heck some colors and sizes of certain lures become tough to find 2 weeks after they first stock the shelves!

Most of the most popular brands/models of fish houses will be sold long before the off season as well.

[fish_eat_sleep]

And you won't get to use your runt of the litter till NEXT YEAR! Its sad enough packing up for the season. putting away NEW stuff thats not even the right color or size is no fun.

I know ganders ad is out, leaked or whatever they call it but from history i know they throw an ice fishing insert into the ad before distribution on thanksgiving day. it hasn't appeared online in past years but shows up in the paper. Anyone else notice this trend?

[SurlyRobot]

And you won't get to use your runt of the litter till NEXT YEAR! Its sad enough packing up for the season. putting away NEW stuff thats not even the right color or size is no fun.

I know ganders ad is out, leaked or whatever they call it but from history i know they throw an ice fishing insert into the ad before distribution on thanksgiving day. it hasn't appeared online in past years but shows up in the paper. Anyone else notice this trend?

Well I noticed their Black Friday ad literally didn't have a single ice fishing thing in it which I thought was odd.

[deerminator]

I second the runt of the litter. I picked up my big Otter sled from FF last year in January and it was about the last decent one they had left. You can get deals but its on odds and ends. The good stuff is on sale this next month.