what did you get at the show??

[Ryan_V]

Just got home from "a little slice of heaven". got some new ice treads for my boots, no more sore you know what's slipping on the ice this year. bunch of jigs, couple of bait pucks from strikemaster ($2 each!!), mad dog auger holder for the new wheeler, and the big item this year, I ordered my otter medium monster box which should arrive mid next week!!! another excellent show!!!

[harvey lee]

I will bet that you will love that Otter box. They are very nice. Glad to hear you had a good time at the ice show.

[waskawood]

Another Sweetheart. It was nice talking to Matt at the thorne Bros. booth.

[Glockwinger]

Talked to Matt at the Thorne Bros booth, Talked to a couple other FM'ers at the Fishpalooza and Artic Armor booths, bought some rope light, coat hooks, and runners for the portable. My buddy who I was with bought the large Frabill flip over for $629. Spent four hours there...was not enough time!!!

Didn't get a chance to talk to him, but I saw Dave Genz and listened to him talk at his booth and I think I saw Gary Roach.

[Dave]

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I ordered my otter medium monster box which should arrive mid next week!!!

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Great choice!

[zamboni]

I said it in a different post, but I got a Strikemaster coat, originally $139 for $50. Can't get over it, it's a really nice jacket, pockets everywhere, and very warm

[walleyewild]

A set of Artic Armour, from Walleye Dan and Shelly. Can't wait to try it out.

An 8" extension for my Strikemaster auger best deal at the show that I found 5.00. And a today's tackle bucket clip.

The guys at the lakemaster booth were very helpful in answering some questions I had on an error I am having trying to transfer my waypoints from my locator in the boat to the contour pro software in my laptop. All in all a great evening to be thinking and talking about ice fishing.

[Ryan_V]

dave, was that your wheeler on display at the show?? I thought you said yours was going to be there.

[Hotspotter]

Some sore feet from working the Arctic Armor and Thorne Bros. booths!!!

I actually ended up winning on the scratch-off deals at the Arctic Armor booth. Not the $50k, but a free pair of the Arctic Armor gloves. I'm pumped! Make sure to stop down there and give the scratch-off's a try. Say hello to Greg, Tom, and WalleyeDan when you're down there as well.

The camo suit is sweet in-person. Not to start a firestorm or anything, but at the show, Dan has a limited run of the suits in Mossy Oak breakup for you deer hunters out there. Had I known they existed previously, I'd be heading out tomorrow morning with one on. Make sure and ask for the show special!

Joel

[Dave]

Yes, it's in Otter Outdoors display.

[computerboy]

Ducked out of the office this afternoon (I work in st. paul) and managed to get the following in just under an hour:

1. Fish Trap X2 with all the accessories

2. Strikemaster Ice-Scentials parka ($50 while they last)

3. Hooded Srikemaster sweatshirt for the wife

4. Tickets to the Wild vs. Blues game

It's a good thing I didn't have more time or I would have had to buy a heck of a lot more than a sweatshirt for the wife to offset all the things I would have bought for myself.

[zamboni]

That the 800, Dave?

[bradyd]

Some more jigs to fill the tackle box, even though I've got little room in there to spare!! And a couple of ice dippers to replace the ones that fell down the hole. And some nice heavy gloves from the army guy that should keep the fingers warm on the long 4wheeler rides in from mille lacs in a couple of weeks!!!

[Dave]

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That the 800, Dave?

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Yup...left some of my accessories off though.

[zamboni]

Dude, that thing is huge, I am 5 foot 7, I'd need a ladder to get on it.

[DinkADunk]

Well I booked a stay at Arnesen's between Christmas and New Years and needed another Walleye rod. Figure I would give a TB Walleye Sweetheart Glass rod a try. Of course I needed another Tica reel to go with the rod and a decent Lakewood Ice Pole Caddy to protect it.

Wallet biopsy completed successfully.

[nytelyter]

yeah me too i scored on one of those strikemasyer lackets for 50 bucks as welll that actually had on in gp medium tent that even fits my fat body. took pops there and he had a great time too. ... paul

[broman]

WEED'EZ, Marcum soft pack for my VX-1, and a Croixton 37" rod case.

[Fishing_Rookie_123_]

1. ifinder Explorer GPS $150 ($50 off)

2. 2007 Lakemaster Chip $79 ($20 off)

3. Marcum Icepac $55 ($5 off)

4. Marcum Camera Compass $8 ($5 off)

No tax on the first 3.

Total Savings: $80 (plus tax on $278 worth of stuff)

Total Spent:$285 (plus $5 parking $7 entry)

Total Budget:$200

Not too bad. Great deals to be had, but you do have to ask for them and probably even have to do some bargaining (I talked the guy down $20 on the GPS and $5 on the Icepac).

PS The parking lot on the North side of the gravel lot is the cheapest. $5 compared to $25 event parking accross the street (gravel lot) and $10 parking by the Science Museum.

[Vallejo]

Marcum VS250 for $125 after taxes with a $20 mail in rebate. A sweet no frills camera for only $105.

Smitty

[Smoore]

Got a Eskimo Mako 8" auger for $259, Ice Armor hat and gloves.

[The Yeti]

Lots of reading material. Theres one guy there every year, in the middle on a corner. He sells Army surplus stuff. I bought a pair of those elbow high choppers. Elk hide, wool inserts... good stuff...

I was very tempted to consider that house that Mora Unclaimed Freight had there. dark blue 6.5 x 12 Ice Castle for $5k.. not a bad deal at all...

[Northlander]

WEll picked up a few things. Got my Arctic Armor Suit and gloves (Thanks a lot Dan), a ton of ice buster bobbers, a dozen Yad rods for $5 a piece, Nils Jigging Shads, power pro and triple fish florocarbon, tip up bells for Surface Tension , Marcum Rod Bag for Poutslayer, Todays Tackle Rod Straps, bobber stops, laker jigs and new liners for my boots for $5.

It was a fun show and I found a lot of good deals. You had to ask of course.

Buy a Arctic Armor suite at the show and get the gloves free while sizes/supplies last. They were going pretty consistent. That new Camo suite is awesome and soft and quiet.

We sold a lot of Nils augers at our booth too.

Over all its always a good show and fun to see all the FMers.

See everyone next year.

[Sandmannd]

Got some reel weeds from Matt & Thornes. Couple other small things. Saw some good deals, but I need more budget to go next time. Would help if it wasn't so close to Christmas.

[Sutty]

I picked up the arctic armor suit from Dan & company. We had a lot of fun at their booth. picked up some weeds and jigs and stuff at thorne bro's. Wore my new gear blowing snow today it worked well. Few other things here and there. Had fun. The bonus was finding free parking at 6 on friday night only a couple blocks away!