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Portable Mod Demonstration - Sept. 23

Matt Johnson

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This year's Portable Modification Get Together is going to have a new twist to it...

We're going to actually perform the mods on an Otter portable fish house. We'll have the wood, lights, tools, etc, and we'll put it together throughout the day.

Paul Waldowski and Rick Paquin will be decking out an Otter fish house, right in front of everyone!

Here's a reminder of the date and location...

Date: Saturday, September 23

Location: Front lawn at Art Barbarians in Rogers, MN

For map and directions click here.

The guys at Art Barbarians (one of FM's sponsors) are willing to host the event in the front lawn of their store. Art Barbarians faces 94 and is only about a mile from Cabelas.

Start time is around 10am and we'll be grillin',talkin' fishing, and modifying portables all day!

There will be a grill there and 50 hamburgers have been donated by FM Member "love to hunt" and Paul Waldowski has donated buns, ketchup, mustard, pickles and chips. So if you want to bring something else for the grill then that's fine. And it's BYOB for beverages.

Last year we had a lot of people who brought along their portable fish houses to show off and gather new ideas and this year looks to be another fun day of show and tell! smile.gif

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Sounds like a Great time, I hope I can make it that weekend, don't know if I will bring my house but I don't mind volunteering some knowledge and skills also getting ideas for my house. I will definetly try to make it.

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This sounds like a way cool event! As luck would have it, there are a dozen of us headed north for our annual fishing trip and we should be right around Rogers around 10 a.m. We'll have open water vehicles but don't throw eggs or think we're protesting if we stop. Ice is not far off. BTW... will there be stuff for sale or is it just demos and idea trading?

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What about rain?? What's the plan if this rain doesn't stop??

Rogers, Minnesota

Saturday

Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning...then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs around 60. Northeast winds 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

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I'll have room for a game grin.gif

I'm bringing my sons along aswell (2). They have helped a lot with my shack and will be helping mod our portable so they may aswell see it done first hand.

Rain or shine as long as it's still on we will be there.

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If it rains then I guess we'll have to all make a trip over to Cabela's or something grin.gif

We might get some breaks in the rain on and off, and we can also spend sometime inside Art Barbarians if we want as well.

We'll just have to see what the weather throws at us tomorrow.

I'll be there in the morning, rain or shine smile.gif

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