home away from home

[Guest]

I would like to hear about the things that make your guys and gals shacks a home.
The reason I bring this up is that I noticed a post where someone was poking fun at us for haveing TV's in the shack. Now I am the type of guy that is complainin' up a storm when I am on open water and some one is blaring a radio out of their boat (sidewinder missle would come in handy for this situation) because I am out there to get away from that kind of thing but, in the sleeper shack I don't want any roughing it. I consider it my resort for the weekend and if my wife is working, the kids can stay out there with me and watch their movies and I still get to fish. Nothing better than jiggin' for "eyes while your daughter sits on your lap with some fresh hot popcorn enjoying a flick.
To keep little ones from plummeting down the holes I have rigged up old fridge grates that hinge down over the holes, they can be put up quickly when you get a strike and with a notch out of one of the grate sections your line never get bumped and you can jig right through them.
What makes your home sweet shack a HOME???

[Guest]

Oh come on! I was just kidding, You can have a tv while I take up knitting

Plenty of food; When i'm in there, we eat like kings. Some of you may have read my post about my camper. I got an oven in there. Bring some frozen pizzas and you can stay. now thats home

[This message has been edited by Bigguns3 (edited 10-16-2002).]

[Guest]

Bigguns,
You made me feel so darn guilty about the luxuries that I just went and ripped the TV right out of the shack and threw it off the deck..was fun watching it hit the ground though...lol!

[Guest]

I'm still laughing , lol

[fubar]

Last year I was out in a tent, this year it's going to be in a truck camper. Lots of room, heat, and a king size bed I will still use the tent for lake hopping and going out before work.

[Guest]

Yeah, I still have to keep the trap in working order so I can chase crappie on our little slab lakes up here but, waking up to bacon and eggs on the ice as you prepare to watch the Vikes ruin yet another post season is something I don't wanna miss. Plus you always get that guy that has had way too many stop by your shack at midnight looking for another beer, or wait, I geuss that's me I am thinking of.

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[Guest]

A friend of mine has a nice sleeper fish house on Mille Lacs, approx 12 x 18. He has his underwater camera hooked up to a 28-inch TV that is mounted on the wall. He also has a full kitchen unit; stove, oven, sink, etc. In the corner there is a small bathroom (which we tend not to use when we're fishing, but it is right next to a hole). This year he is talking about getting a satellite dish so he can watch sports. There is even a doorbell on his house. It's pretty fun to go up there once in a while but either the fish are biting or they're not. I still prefer my portable but laying on a bunk and watching the fish take the bait on the rattle reel on TV is fun too.

Good Fishin, Matt.

[Guest]

What I did with my Satelite is as follows: I took a 5 gal bucket and put four lag bolts in the bottom useing concrete to secure the works then my dish attaches to the bolts and it becomes completely mobile. I just wrap the cable up in to the bucket when I leave and take the thing home. I have seen people mount them on the house but, I think the less "advertising" that you have on the exterior the less likely you're going to come out and find your shack broken into or vandalized!

[This message has been edited by chiro (edited 10-17-2002).]