With the little chill in the air it is getting me thining about catching something with fins through a frozen sheet of ice instead of a boat... I have been thinking for a couple of years now of finally making my own fish house. I have never moved forward entirely with it. If I am going to put all that work in, I would like it to turn out as something I really find useful and easy to use. I want something that is fairly easy to move around, but still more like a permanent structure. I would like to be able to sleep a night in it if needed and when I say easy to move... I am talking about something that works like a boat trailer... I want to be able to pull it down the road... I want all this, but cannot afford the crazyness of these camper / home type ice houses ! I am not looking to move out, just want to be able to fish in it yet still not impossible to move around. Can anyone out there direct me into a direction in how I build something like this???
Need to get a good start on the ice season. Thanks Much...
[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 10-03-2004).]
I just figured that it is easy enough to just get a 3 bank so when the boat is not in use I can keep all 3 batteries charged. I have not bough a charger yet, maybe I will give it some more thought.
Edit: After thinking this over, with the size, weight, and heat output of the charger (as well as the cost) I think it makes sense to just
buy a 2 bank charger, I have a smaller charger i can use on the starting battery when the boat is sitting at home. Forgive me, for i am a retired engineer and I have to obsess over everything...
Congrats on the motor! I think you’ll like it.
I can’t say much on the charger location but I’ve seen them under the lid in back compartments and under center rod lockers. 160 degrees is more than I expected to hear.
Curious why you’re opting for a 3 bank charger with a 24V trolling motor. Unless you don’t feel you be running you big motor enough to keep that battery up as well?
I did buy an Minnkota Ulterra, thanks for the recommendations. I had a bunch of Cabela"s bucks saved up, which helped. Now i need to
get an onboard battery charger. Where do you guys mount these things in your boat? The manufacturer I am looking at {Noco genius)
says tht their 3-bank charger will run at 160 degrees, seems like a lot of heat in an enclosed compartment? Thanks for any input on this.
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
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With the little chill in the air it is getting me thining about catching something with fins through a frozen sheet of ice instead of a boat...
I have been thinking for a couple of years now of finally making my own fish house. I have never moved forward entirely with it. If I am going to put all that work in, I would like it to turn out as something I really find useful and easy to use.
I want something that is fairly easy to move around, but still more like a permanent structure. I would like to be able to sleep a night in it if needed and when I say easy to move... I am talking about something that works like a boat trailer... I want to be able to pull it down the road...
I want all this, but cannot afford the crazyness of these camper / home type ice houses ! I am not looking to move out, just want to be able to fish in it yet still not impossible to move around. Can anyone out there direct me into a direction in how I build something like this???
Need to get a good start on the ice season.
Thanks Much...
[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 10-03-2004).]
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