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2007 Portable Modification Get Together!"" Sat. 9/22 @ Thorne Bros.


Matt Johnson

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It's about time to start planning for the 2007 Portable Modification Get Together. Yes, it's in the middle of the summer and I'm not putting the long rods away, but it is only about 4 months until we see first ice wink.gif

When: Saturday, September 22

Where: Thorne Bros - Fridley, MN

When: 10am - 4pm

This will be our 3rd Annual modification event and I'm really looking forward to seeing new and old ideas alike. Last year we had several drop-down fish houses in attendance, and of course a handful of portables as well.

Feel free to bring any tools or equipment to modify your fish house and we'll try and work together to help create those tricked-out on-ice fish catching machines!

There will be plenty of space to park the houses along side the Thorne Bros store.

We'll have a grill there for anyone interested in chowing down on a few brats, hamburgers, etc (bring your own food)... also feel free to bring any chips, salads, or any other food you would like to share or devour on your own wink.gif

Thorne Bros is also going to offer a discount/sale to all those in attendance. So if you're looking to checking to add a new Panfish Sweetheart, Walleye Sweetheart, or any variation of a custom Thorne Bros ice rod to your line-up, it will be an excellent opportunity to save a few bucks and see the rods first hand.

This is also a great chance to chat and meet with fellow FMer's and Pro Staff.

I'll be posting more information during the next couple months as we approach the event, so keep an eye out for more bits and pieces...

So, who plans on attending this year's modification get together?

See you there! smile.gif

***We have food!!! smile.gif

Timber Valley and Associates will be donating FREE brats and pop for those in attendance. Timber Valley is a rep group for MarCum and Jiffy, and they will also be showing off a few new ice houses that will be available for the 2007/2008 season.

So I would like to thank them for helping out with our get together.

Seminar schedule for the Portable Modification Get Together at Thorne Bros!!! smile.gif...

11am: Team Ice Fishing

Host(s): Jeff Borchardt, Corey Bechtold, Matt Johnson

Description: Using a team approach to become more effective on the ice. Working as a team to catch more fish!!!

12pm: Ice Rods

Host(s): Pat Smith - Thorne Bros Pro Staff and Custom Rod Specialist

Description: Learn about the various types of ice rods and how they can help you become a better ice angler. Also how different ice rods apply to different situations.

1pm: Plastics for Panfish

Host(s): Corey Bechtold and Matt Johnson

Description: Aggressive and finesse techniques for crappies and sunfish. Learn how to attack the lake without the use of live-bait.

2pm: Fish House Modification Q and A

Host(s): Chris Hanson

Description: Chris will answer questions on modifying your portable fish house. Learn a few of the details on how Chris masterminds his way through fish house design smile.gif

3pm: Efficiency on Ice

Host(s): Pat Smith and Matt Johnson

Description: Become more productive on the ice. Learn about modern tools and how they help you spend less time locating and chasing fish, and more time catching fish. Flashers, cameras, GPS, augers... become an ice fishing machine!!!

Seminars are free and we invite everyone to attend. Stop by and check them out and bring questions smile.gif

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FRIDLEY!!!! who the heck goes to fridley????? thats a long ways away...... guess ill see ya all there. wont be towing the big green there tho. will bring my toys tho see ya there matt. ... paul

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Matt or anyone else,

Does anyone bring wheel houses to these or is it pretty much just the "real" portables? The reason I ask is that I recently bought a wheel house and thought that I might go and see what others have done to there's, not that I couldn't use any ideas for my X2 though. wink.gif

Thanks,

"hooks"

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Thanks Matt,

If I make it there, I was just thinking that I should maybe bring it, that way some people might have some excellent ideas for it. I am considering that any ideas that I will have done to it by then as pretty basic or common, but you never know I guess.

"hooks"

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What do ya know, I have that weekend off! I will probably swing buy, the sale incentive doesn't hurt either. Lots of good ideas last year, of course there hasn't been enough time to implement any of them on my portable! tongue.gif Also a great opportunity to meet some of the people you type to all the time!!

See you there!!

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Matt, you can count me in again too. I don't know if I will bring my portable this year though, it's just too heavy to move on dry ground! I'll see when it gets closer to the date. It's nice to meet some of the like-minded folks from the site there, and it never hurts to see new ideas either. It was great to see Paul & Rick put together that house last year, they had some great ideas and shortcuts that made alot of sense. smile.gif

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Looks like we're already putting together a good list of people who plan on attending. Very cool! The last couple years were a lot of fun, and I'm sure this year will be the same. I'm looking forward to it!

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We're working on a few more details of the get together...

We're going to have a few seminars throughout the day which will address different ice fishing topics...

We're also trying to gather up a few giveaways for those in attendance...

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