Duluth Ice Show

[Iambjm]

Well I ventured over to the Duluth Ice Show on Sunday, and while it is not the caliber of the St. Paul show I was mildly surprised. There were a lot of wheelhouses and skid houses on display, everything from bare bones to totally elite. I saw several that I would bite the bullet on if I had a more generous budget. I was very impressed by the Clam display and some of their new products, especially the built in light bars on some of the shacks. I spent some time talking with Joe Jackson about all the new and different features, what a pleasant and helpful guy. I already have an eye on a new one for next year .

I love the Frabil fish-o-flauge shacks, they are really cool looking. Ventured over to the Ice Force booth to look at Strikemasters Big volt auger which I am pretty sure I am going to get for the Yetti, then checked out the Otter shacks. I am saddened that they have chosen not to sell the poles and skins anymore. I am sitting here with a purple otter lodge that is in pretty rough shape but the sled is still pretty good. Would have loved to add a new skin and poles to it because I love the size of it.

Fished the ice pond but didn't win anything, but was happy to see 2 young kids both win a $25 dollar certificate. I think it was such a neat idea!!

I will be back next year for sure, Sunday was a nice day to go as it wasn't as busy and it gave me a chance to talk to a lot of the different vendors.

[Northlander]

You CAN buy the poles for the Otter's and next year you will be able to buy the canvas as well. This year there was such a huge demand for the 1200 Thermals that every canvas we had went on houses and to vendors. Truthfully for what you will pay for new poles and a new canvas you would be better off selling your old house and buying a new one. Especially at the price we were selling the 1200 thermal lodge for at the Duluth Ice Show.