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List of ice fishing gear!

fishoff

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Fishoff, You are getting a lot of great advice thus far and I am sure your wheels are turning. The thing that turns many people off to ice fishing is that they get too cold too quickly. Nothing is more frustrating than being cold and not being able to spend a lot of time on the ice.

# 1 House and Heater The first thing I think you need is a place to find warmth. Flip style houses are by far the way to go over the suitcase styles, and paired with a Mr. Heater/cooker you will never get cold. With a warm house you wouldn't need to purchase the top of the line winter gear. You can get by fine with carharts or other winter wear without going directy to the Arctic Armor.

#2 FlasherI would use the money you were planning on spending on AA and get a flasher of some sort. I have used my Vexilar fl-8 for the past 10 years and don't plan on upgrading until it craps out on me. (This may be quite a few more years)

#3 Auger You definately don't need a power auger right off the get go. If funding is an issue, I would suggest getting a Lazer Hand Auger. I have a 7" Lazer that rips through the ice. I may not drill as many holes as I would with my power auger, but it suited my needs before deciding that I needed to move more.

#4 Rods...Tackle...jigs... First of all decide on what species of fish you will be targeting the most. Then pick up a few rods that are in your budget. I have about 15 rod setups and quite honestly I only really use about 5 of them. You really dont "need" anything more than a couple $20 combos. Ask some guys at the sporting goods counters which jigs have been popular and start off with a few. As you get more into it, you will find yourself slowly upgrading until your list looks like some of the other posters on here.

Good luck with your purchases.

CA

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 Originally Posted By: tisosy11
Portable Fishing and extras...

Flip Over style ice house

Snow Shovel to bank house

4-wheeler to pull (w/ plow)

LED Lights for portable

Headlight for setting up/taking down

Speakers/Ipod for portable

Heater/Cooker for heating and cooking

Propoane

Ice Armor suit to explore lake

Good pair of boots

Ice Cleats

Ice Armor waterproof gloves

Couple Spare pair of gloves

Winter Hat

Showdown and Charger

Aqua View

Gas Auger to drill numerous holes

Bait and Bucket

Pail for Caught fish/cleanup

Scoop to clean out holes

Rod Locker

Numerous Combos (i bring 6)

Rod Holders/Mounts

Tipup Bag and Tip Ups (i bring 6)

A couple rattle reels

Digital Camera

Cell Phone

Towel/Napkins for Clean-up

Table/filet knife

Fire pit

food

refreshments

Football

I am sure there are other things but of course this isn't neccassary to ice fish.

Get through the ice and be warm and you are fishing...

It would be kinda interesting to do an estimate of the cost of all this gear just to see how much we can blow on ice fishing.

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At the very least, and I mean VERY least:

Auger

Tape measure (to measure fish (make sure to check the regs on the lake) and to check the depth)

Tip up or I suppose a pole

Bucket to carry the tip up\ pole and tape measure, and to sit on when staring down the hole or at the tip up. Then to carry the fish home.

At least one minnow. grin.gif

That's all you need. But if you want to actually have a chance at catching fish, add:

A good lake map

another tip up\pole

a dozen minnows

small asortment of tackle (hooks, jigs, sinkers, bobbers)

Now, once you get sick of missing bites and drilling a hundred holes to find that 18ft underwater point, add:

Flasher (Marcum or Vexilar)

GPS with Lakemaster chip

Then once you are sick of how cold it is in MN in the winter, not to mention sitting out on a frozen lake for hours on end, you could add:

Flip over shelter

Mr Heater

Next you will probably get sick of seeing all these fish on your vexilar but cant get them to bite, so then you will talk yourself into needing:

Underwater camera

more jigs and tackle in various colors

Two differnt kinds of minnows, maybee even waxies

The list goes on. It never actually ends.

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 Originally Posted By: tisosy11
Portable Fishing and extras...

Flip Over style ice house X2 for 600 w/ hitch and hyfax

Snow Shovel to bank house 20? gift

4-wheeler to pull (w/ plow) 3500 used

LED Lights for portable 75 (2 led ropes and 2 battery power)

Battery box 60

Headlight for setting up/taking down 15

Speakers/Ipod for portable speakers 30, ipod 300 (gift from wife)

Heater/Cooker for heating and cooking 50

Propoane 45 tank w/ 15 dollar refills

Ice Armor suit to explore lake 190

Good pair of boots 80

Ice Cleats 30

Ice Armor waterproof gloves 30

Couple Spare pair of gloves 25

Winter Hat 12

Showdown and Charger 220 (gift from mom)

Aqua View 500 (quad)

Gas Auger to drill numerous holes 300 (gift from wife)

GPS unit w/ map 260

Bait and Bucket 20 plus 5 bucks weekly?

center console 90

Pail for Caught fish/cleanup 5

Scoop to clean out holes 20

Rod Locker 30

Numerous Combos (i bring 6) 120

Tackle ?? 150 ??

Rod Holders/Mounts 22

Tipup Bag and Tip Ups (i bring 6) 95

A couple rattle reels 24

Digital Camera 160

Cell Phone free - wife pays!

Towel/Napkins for Clean-up 20

Table/filet knife 50 electric

Fire pit 120 (wedding gift)

food 12 bucks/per outing

refreshments 20 per outing

grill 80

Football 24

I am sure there are other things but of course this isn't neccassary to ice fish.

Get through the ice and be warm and you are fishing...

Roughly 7409 Of course this can vary per trip and if you have a permanent...that 7409 is just for that...GOT TO LOVE IT!!!!

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