Ice House Build

[BunchOfish]

22 hours ago, papadarv said:

Supply & Demand - lot more garages than RV`s & ice Houses along with cagey marketing convincing buyers it's actually worth the sell price. Reason many pay $1000 for a plastic tub, a couple aluminum poles, multi layered fabric & 2 chairs and called a flip. You can get 100 minimum order ice augers made to your specs., shipped to your business for $33 each tax free than sell them for $200. Most of the stuff we buy for outdoors sports fall into this arena.

I actually think its pretty sad.  Everything is getting so expensive to do.  I was at fleet farm the other night looking at some new fishing gear for this weekends opener and just shake my head at some of the prices of some of the lures.  I cant tell you the last time I actually bought new Rapalas.  I have been using the same ones for years now.  I just cant bring myself to pay what they want for them.  If you want a good set of rain gear its $400 for the jacket and pants.  Basically I've come to realize that anything fun = big money.  Its also the reason I have a boat that 25 years old.  I'd love a new one but for the one I'd like the price is a killer.  That's why I'm excited to be finishing up my fish house build(or mostly).  Right now I'm sitting at $2400 total for everything.  By doing 100% of the work it has saved me huge money and I have something I can use year round now.

[papadarv]

@BunchOfish Totally agree, prices are outrageous, and yes my 90' crestline serves me well. I also build my fishing stuff. Wheel house 4 years ago pic 1, added power lift winches last fall. Just completed my second under water camera self contained in case (upper left insert) pic 2. Wireless remote camera deploy/retrieve, rotate and DVR record video. Wired and wireless video to othee monitors, runs on M18 Milwaukee battery or external 12v power. Video quality (lower right insert) equal to Marcum, Vex or Aqua Vu. Ice augers made from modified Mora hand augers and variety of adapters from steel shaft. Also did an auto jigger. Just a few of my very inexpensive fishing products.

[BunchOfish]

Not to bad for someone who hasn't run a sewing machine since high school.  The bottom table/bunk cushions are finished.

[leech~~]

Nice work!  That is one things that I have always wanted to learn is how to saw to fix boat covers and stuff.

[BunchOfish]

9 hours ago, leech~~ said:

Nice work!  That is one things that I have always wanted to learn is how to saw to fix boat covers and stuff.

Yeah my wife is pretty jealous.  She even told me that she didn't think I was going to be able to make the covers so she was pretty surprised when I was able to make them.  There by no means prefect but they came out pretty good for someone who has very little experience doing it.

[BunchOfish]

Just about done.  All the pads are finished up. All the trim has a clear coat on it now(2 coats around the windows and door). I also got some blinds installed.  I had a nice surprise from my mom.  She bought me a tv for it.  I had planned on putting a tv in it before next ice season so thats awesome to get one installed early.  Its going to make its madden voyage next weekend.  We are going up to Cut Foot Sioux to camp for memorial day weekend. Now its time to clean it all up good and stock it up for camping.

[Princeton]

Awesome work!!