***OFFICIAL 2006 ST PAUL ICE FISHING SHOW THREAD***

[Paul Waldowski]

Sutty,

I know that feeling Had it 3 years ago and then finally figured I would give it a try. Worked great and I've never looked back

[jiggin pig]

matt J. thanks again for the good deal on the marcum camera. the only thing is i never got my receipt from the thorne bros. at the show. I hope this doesn't affect anything if i have problems. since i would go through marcum since they have the best customer service out there. thanks again for the help. thorne bros. is the best.

[stork]

reed's has them and marine general will send it to you for free i got it for 70.00 that is for the new one

[hanson]

What a great show!

I went down Friday night, pulled right into the RiverCentre ramp no problem and paid my (gasp!) $15 to park. Oh well. I met a few friends at the show and made the rounds, chatted with Matt J. in Thornes, Jnelson at Thornes, Northlander & Paul W. at the Nils booth, and I think that was the only FM guys I met.

The booth I found really interesting was the Mormyshka lures booth. You'd have had to be paying attention to notice there booth, but these lures are pretty serious pieces of tackle in the ice fishing world, we just don't know much about them yet.

Saturday found me back at the show for the entire day and I was working in the Otter booth until about 6pm. It was a lot of fun and got to talk to a lot of fisherman. Although I must not be as identifiable as MJ because the only guys that stopped to talk with me were guys I knew already. Nice to see you Borch, Captain BRK, bhorn, Aquajoe, and Briank!

I think the highlight of my show though was talk'ing with last years North American Ice Fishing Champion Tony Boshold. Tony is also a member of Team USA in the Ice Fishing World Championship. We chatted about competitive ice fishing, tackle, and all sorts of stuff. It was a pleasure to meet you Tony and Good Luck!

[SomethingFishy*]

Found some nice deals at the show. Got 2 bait pucks and 1 bait puck 2 for $5. Ice Armor Black Bibs for $125 and some other useful toys. Parking was easy first thing this morning, but they still got me for $10.

[Crazy4 Ice]

Reed's seems to be champ yet again this year for the best price slingning I could find. Toward the end of the show the other booths would refer to them as if I would find out what Reeds price was and then demand a price break. Is this show the best ever and if not who even comes close. Love the ice show and all the great vendors that show and all the great new ideas too. This is was the year or the weed and the SOS guys did a great job displaying and showing via vidio their product. Good thing I got there at 1pm otherwise I would have spent the whole day there and really got in some trouble from the Event Coordinator at home.

[fishtrapgirl]

Husband and I both had a good time at the show. Reeds is our favorite. Managed to get a Fish Trap X2, cover, runners, hitch, and a pair of Ice Armor mittens for an even $650 from them on Saturday! Worst part of the show: Parking, $10. Oh well, it was worth it. Will look forward to the show again next year.

fishtrapgirl

[irishjigs]

I wanted to take a second and thank everyone at Thorne Brothers, specifically Josh, John, and Matt. They did one heck of a job making sure I got set-up with a GPS and all the goodies at a great value. My friend and I also got some great deals on jigs, lures, hats, and line at the end of the day Sunday. They are #1 in my book and even though I live in Bloomington they are now my outdoors store from now on. Again thanks guys.

-Gregg Maloney

[nitroant]

Did not make the show this year. My major purchase this year was a Marcum LX-5 and I got that at Joe's instore sale on Saturday($460 out the door including tax). The problem I have found at the show in the past is that all the stores are price protecting their major items. All the "Ask for Show Special" tags drive me nuts when its really just the same price as everybody else. I have not had great luck getting the "Show Specials" maybe you need to be there at the end to get a deal?

With lots of people starting to go LED lighting in their fishhouses I would assume some manufactures have picked up on this and started to produce some lighting proiducts that are LED, but better than the rope lights. Anything to report on the LED front?

[Cheeser]

I thought that was you in the Otter booth, but every picture I've seen you in you have sunglasses on, and I just wasn't sure it was you!

--Mark

[Gus]

What were your favorite new ideas, gizmos, doodads, and so on. I like seeing what the smaller manufactures bring out that you normally don't catch in the big box stores right away. Lets hear about some of them. I was unfortunatley unable to make it to the show.

[IceWrangler]

Hey what About Pat? He did an awsome job as well. Ask him about Muskies sometime........

[TurnUpTheFishing]

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Husband and I both had a good time at the show. Reeds is our favorite. Managed to get a Fish Trap X2, cover, runners, hitch, and a pair of Ice Armor mittens for an even $650 from them on Saturday! Worst part of the show: Parking, $10. Oh well, it was worth it. Will look forward to the show again next year.

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Really?! That is a killer deal. The house alone retails $650 and your complaining about parking fees

[al15abc]

Did anyone see the vendor who was selling the tool that made tying a Uni-Knot possible in seconds? Was wondering if anyone has used this and if it works well.

[walldoggie]

my dad bought me one so we will see.

[canoesota]

My little brother and my son got 2 for $5.00. Neither one can tie a decent knot!Glad they got them, I am tired of tying lures on for them!

[2044Mustang]

After seeing Jiggin-Matt using the knot tier last year and being done in seconds while I fumble around for minutes tying knots I bought two of them. I then went home and retied a few lures on just for practice. Well worth the money for me!!