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Eskimo ice house questions

hardwater1

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Well... I can't say I have seen them on the ice, but I have seen them set up and it kinda scares me having something that light. With my luck I would be chasing that Kite into the next county. The price is nice, but I bought an eastman hunting blind that is 6X6X6 that if your are going that direction I would buy that so atleast you can kill some turkeys out of it also.

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I bought an Ice Cube last year. They are almost exactly like a Quick Fish. It is the best fish house I have ever owned. I've had Clams, Otters, home made, Frabill and the Ice Cube has them all beat. The one trick if it is windy out is to find the corner with the grommet hole, face it into the wind and anchor it down. I take a cordless drill out with me and predill a 5/16 hole for the anchors. This works like a charm. Once the house is set up and anchored it can take a lot of wind with no issues. The house is very roomy for two big guys and four holes. When you are done for the day, it folds up in about 1 minute. I recommend either the Quick Fish or the Ice Cube.

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I own one and so does carp-fisher. If you want some good info go to the equipment-expert information and do a search with these words Eskimo Quick Fish set the dates for about a year and a half back. I really like mine. The spikes they give you with the house go in and come out easy. Easy to set up and easy to tear down it is a nice little house. It's at the top of equipment forum now grin.gif

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As long as you are a tall person. I'm only 5'5 and I had a tuff time setting this up in the wind last year, so I bought a fish trap pro and love it. If you get it set up it's a nice portable with plenty of room inside. I think it would be a pain if you want to move alot also because you would have to pack everything up everytime you wanted to move.

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I have one of these and I love it. I set it up in all conditions last year including when it is very windy. In fact, if it is VERY windy out, I would argue that the quick fish III is better than any other portable, because you can guy the walls out and make the shelter VERY stable. I can set the thing up in the wind by myself in less than 2 minutes. I have never found the need to predrill holes for the ice anchors, the ones that come with it screw in very easily by hand. Usually, I only anchor 1 or 2 corners of the shelter and 1 of the walls. After the thing is set up, it is HUGE compared to any flip over that I have fished out of. I'm 6'2" and I can easily stand up in the thing. Last year I would fish with my buddy who has a flip over, and I had no problem staying just as mobile as him. When he first saw the quick fish III he lauged at me. By the end of the season he was talking about getting one. I think the thing that changed his mind was when his wife spends all of her time hanging out in my shelter with me and my GF. The ladies love 'em.

They also are big enough to sleep in. I just got a medium otter sled (which fits nicely inside one of these) and built a deck on it (roughly based on the mods from this site....much thanks to all the folks who post mod designs). This deck has lids and the sled easily holds all of my gear, and I am just using stadium seats to place on the deck for seating. When it's bed time, all I have to do is stash the seats and break out the sleeping bags.

They are so nice, that I plan on buying another one and using it without holes as a bedroom/kitchen when the GF comes on overnighters.

The one thing that sucks about them is that they do not have a floor. I usually shovel an area the size of the shelter down to the ice, but when it is slushy, it still sucks. That's why I got the otter sled and put a deck on it. It keeps all of my gear out of the slush. I am also going to try using some rubber mats for flooring this year, because it can get very slippery in there after a while.

Go ahead and buy one. They are cheap, lightweight, spacious, very portable. For certain conditions and uses, it is the best portable available. You won't regret it.

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I bought one at the beginning of the season last year and fished out of it exclusively last year. I think the Quick Fish III might be the best kept secret in gear out there. The price is unbeatable compared to the flip overs, and with the wide skirt, if there's any snow you can bank it tight to the ice eliminating all breeze. You don't lose all your heat when you go out to stretch or check your tip-ups, and theres enough room to move around. As far as ease of set up and take down, I agree with what has already been said.

I was concerned about not having a floor, but I just sit right on the ice and haven't had a problem with getting cold. I have a home built sled that I pull my gear out with, and am thinking about building another out of 1/2 inch foam sandwiched between 1/4 inch exterior plywood. If I can figure out how to make it work I'll carpet the inside of the sled and hinge the sides/top so that when I empty it I can unfold it into a floor for sleeping. But I would probably only do that for the fun of building it, not because it needs a floor. smile.gif

Long story I guess, but I give the Eskimo Quick Fish III two thumbs up.

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Quickfish design is similar to Eastman Icecubes, but sells for a bit less $$$...it's important to stake before proping up in the wind.

These are pretty useful and at times, I just want to store my other stuff, I prop up the icecube next to my clam.

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