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addicted to ice fishing and ice jigs

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Just wondering how many of you are like myself. I'm ok with open water fishing, but don't go all that often. However when it comes to ice fishing I try to go every weekend. I would say that I could almost make the claim that I exclusively ice fish. Also I have a terrible addiction when it comes to collecting ICE fishing Poles and Tackle. Right now I have about 5 open water poles and about 12 ice fishing poles. Also my ice fishing tackel box has more stuff than my open water one. My main target fish is slab blue gills. anyone else have these problems

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Ya let's see I have an 8x27 ice castle named MR.Large then I have a 7x14 ice castle Named MR Medium then I have a 8X8 Thats called MR small and then I have a portable Named MR portable, And one 94 GMC plow truck to make sure I can get were ever I want to. I don't even want to talk about rod's and stuff. They all have names so when I fishing and talking to friends of family they know what fish house am in Ya I tink I got a problem too maybe we should start a support group.I to go open water fishing here and there but once the ice hits I take 3 weeks off work and after that every weekend.

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Would you call it an obsession if you ice fished every day from the end of November until March??? Better yet would you work long hours for 5 months straight including weekends without any real time off just to be able to do that? This is what I do and my wife thinks I need to check into a mental hospital. I am so lucky that she doesn't mind my being absent from everything for 4 months of the year...hey wait a minute-she probably has a boyfriend and I would never know it! shocked.gif

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Snobears are about $30,000 last I looked. I got out the ice fishing tackle box tonight and my rods and reels and took off the panfish jigs from late winter and threw on some Swedish Pimples to get 'em ready for Walleyes. Can't wait.

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You guy's all know, especially when your talking to your wives or significant others.... you just can't put a price on fun! Especially when it comes to fishing! Some people race, some enjoy camping or lake homes, or have expensive boats, I just incorperated all in one!!! If your going to spend 50+ days of the year on the ice, no use in suffering! To answer your question jigginlow, I have the SnoFox. The Fox and the Bear are exactly the same size in and out. Same chassis for both. Only dif, is that one has the tracks on the outside and the other has the tracks in the middle.

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I had my wife read this post, and now she doesn't think I am as crazy anymore. I just kept telling her, I'm not the only one who has lots of stuff, and I need all the stuff I've got. When you don't work in the winter it leaves plenty of time for fishing, and therefore the need for lots of stuff. The post says addicted; yep, guilty here. Maybe we should start an IFA chapter(ice fishing anonymous), and all 12 step onto the lake.

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