Otter Outdoors Fish House

[Dave]

Portable fish house assembly should be easy and quick. To show just how easy an Otter Outdoor fish house assembles, I asked a team of young anglers to take on the challenge.

Frame Bracket Installation

Frame Assembly

Square Tubing with Ultra-Glide System

Frame Completed

Canvas Trim-Lock Installation

Rod Holder Install

The kids did a GREAT job assembling the Otter Outdoor Cottage on the UltraWide sled! The only assembly step I thought they needed adult help with (due to height of assemblers ) was lifting the canvas over the frame assembly. And, only a couple reminders of "better look at the instructions".

Team Otter Assemblers

Fish house assembly can't get much easier than this! To take a look at the various sizes of Otter Outdoor fish houses, click here Otter Outdoors

[Matt Johnson]

Outstanding work kids (and Dave )! That was a lot of fun to watch! Those kids sure put that Otter together in a hurry!

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[metrojoe]

How much do they charge for assembly? I may need thier help this fall.

Looks like they were having fun. What a great way to get them envolved.

[Ray Esboldt]

I was going to suggest the same thing as MetroJoe. I need them little folk to assemble mine next time. It actually was pretty easy once I started to read the directions...duh!

[Northlander]

Looks like they figured it out rather quickly. Mine was slick to set up as well. I really like my Otter Lodge.

[Random guy]

I flipped my Otter upside down on one of those "I can make that" with the wheeler manuvers. Needless to say I installed new poles and canvas in a parking lot and was back out on the lake within an hour. Definetley some good thought into the design.

[Yukon Don]

Hi Guys,

I agree the assembly was easy, but the poles just don't slide. I bought a Magnum lodge last year which has the square tubing with plastic slides at the ends. I used it several times last winter and it took a lot of force to get that thing to slide to the pin position. I tried silicone spray which someone recommended and still it won't slide very well. I see metal rubbing marks up and down the tubing which to me means that the fit is too tight. I'm at a loss as to what to do with the thing.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Dave]

There were no "burrs" on the end of the poles?

[Yukon Don]

Hi Dave,

No burrs, I even filed the ends prior to installing the plastic caps. I just think that the interface fit with one pole inside the other is too tight. Maybe with use it will wear down to the point of sliding easily. I have an older style Otter with round poles and that one works great. Need to sell it though after buying this new one

[Dave]

Don,

Try measuring between the frame brackets, front to front and rear to rear, to make sure the brackets are square with each other. If they're off a bit, that could cause some binding.