Jump to content
  • GUESTS

    If You  want access  to member only forums on FM, You will need to Sign-in or  Sign-Up now .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member.

what fish house should I buy?


Guest

Recommended Posts

Well Im ready to make the plunge,Im tired of renting sleeper houses that dont live up to all the expetations that are promised.Could somebody give me some advice on which one to buy,I would like one that has 4 bunks,good lighting,nice heater,stove,etc,etc.Also could you advise me if the retractable wheels work when its 20 below.Since This house will last me the rest of my life Im willing to pay for quality,and more importantly comfort.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If it looks cheap don't buy it I have seen
A house going across the lake on one wheel
the other one was in the back of the pickup.
So check out the running gear real close.
PUTZ

------------------
just cross this line------

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i would take a look at the king crow fish houses they look nice never have used on though

Link to comment
Share on other sites

www.***********.com use the product search on the left side and search under fishing products. I bought a trailer off of there from one of the surpliers. Used it the first time this year and it was great. I built the house on the trailer so I saved some money that way. There are half a dozen on that site with a wide range of prices. I like the Klave house alot because it is made out of aluminum, lightening the weight quite a bit. Good luck and I hope this helps.

( sorry no unauthorized links )

[This message has been edited by NINETOE (edited 01-14-2003).]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wallee, if you are interested in building your own to the way "you want it" why don't you look under the "Ice fishing Main Forum" for the thread "Crank up style frames-Intersted?". Rick posted it with some great looking crank up style frames that Aqua Eye located. I've seen alot and built my own and these look pretty darn good for the price. Any decent crank up style frame will work great at any temp! Take a look and good luck!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wallee, I own a King crow 6.5 X12 wheels work fine in below zero weather, customized my house with tables propane lights for bunks I use folding cots on the back wall, hard to sleep more than three, but they do make larger houses when I bought mine not many doing wheel houses now many more Outdoor news has ads for more suppliers one key feature look close at the wheel and frame quality and bearings if you drive alot of miles needs to be strong as in camber for tire wear. Hope this helps I do like mine, Also if you do buy one leave it hooked up to your truck or atv, and drill holes first then drop the house down that way you get no snow or ice in the house.Good luck, Also put 2x4 blocks under all points that touch the ice.

------------------
Advanced Angler& guide

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.


  • Your Responses - Share & Have Fun :)

    • Brianf.
      I'm not there, so I can't tell exactly what's going on but it looks like a large area of open water developed in the last day with all of the heavy snow on the east side of wake em up Narrows. These two photos are from my Ring Camera facing north towards Niles Point.  You can see what happened with all of snow that fell in the last three days, though the open water could have been wind driven. Hard to say. .  
    • SkunkedAgain
      Black Bay had great ice before but a few spots near rockpiles where there were spots of open water. It looks like the weight of the snow has created a little lake in the middle of the bay.  
    • LakeofthewoodsMN
      On the south end...   Thanks to some cold spring weather, ice fishing continues strong for those still ice fishing.  The bite remains very good.  Most resorts have pulled their fish houses off for the year, however, some still have fish houses out and others are allowing ATV and side by sides.  Check social media or call ahead to your favorite resort for specifics. Reports this week for walleyes and saugers remain excellent.   A nice mix of jumbo perch, pike, eelpout, and an occasional crappie, tullibee or sturgeon being reported by anglers. Jigging one line and using a live minnow on the second line is the way to go.  Green, glow red, pink and gold were good colors this week.     Monster pike are on a tear!  Good number of pike, some reaching over 45 inches long, being caught using tip ups with live suckers or dead bait such as smelt and herring in 8 - 14' of water.   As always, work through a resort or outfitter for ice road conditions.  Safety first always. Fish houses are allowed on the ice through March 31st, the walleye / sauger season goes through April 14th and the pike season never ends. On the Rainy River...  The river is opened up along the Nelson Park boat ramp in Birchdale, the Frontier boat ramp and Vidas boat ramp.  This past week, much of the open water skimmed over with the single digit overnight temps.   Areas of the river have popped open again and with temps getting warmer, things are shaping up for the last stretch through the rest of the spring season, which continues through April 14th.   Very good numbers of walleyes are in the river.  Reports this week, even with fewer anglers, have been good.  When temps warm up and the sun shines, things will fire up again.   Jigs with brightly colored plastics or jigs with a frozen emerald shiner have been the desired bait on the river.  Don't overlook slow trolling crankbaits upstream as well.   Good reports of sturgeon being caught on the river as well.  Sturgeon put the feed bag on in the spring.  The bite has been very good.  Most are using a sturgeon rig with a circle hook loaded with crawlers or crawlers / frozen emerald shiners. Up at the NW Angle...  Ice fishing is winding down up at the Angle.  Walleyes, saugers, and a number of various species in the mix again this week.  The bite is still very good with good numbers of fish.  The one two punch of jigging one line and deadsticking the second line is working well.   Check with Angle resorts on transport options from Young's Bay.  Call ahead for ice road guidelines.  
    • CigarGuy
      With the drifting, kind of hard to tell for sure, but I'm guessing about a foot and still lightly snowing. Cook end!
    • PSU
      How much snow did you get on Vermilion? 
    • Mike89
      lake here refroze too...  started opening again yesterday with the wet snow and wind...  very little ice left today...
    • Hookmaster
      A friend who has a cabin between Alex and Fergus said the lake he's on refroze. He texted me a pic from March 12th when it was open and one from 23rd when it wasn't. 🤯
    • SkunkedAgain
      I don't think that there has been any ice melt in the past few weeks on Vermilion. Things looked like a record and then Mother Nature swept in again.   I'll give my revised guess of April 21st
    • leech~~
      As I get older it's really not just about sending bullets down range.  Some of it's just the workmanship of the gun and the wow factor. The other two guns I have really wanted which I'll never have now because of their price, is a 8mm Jap Nambu and 9mm German Luger.   Just thought they always looked cool!  
    • jim curlee
      I had a guy hit me with a lightly used 1969 BAR, he wanted $1650 with an older Leupold scope. More than I think they are worth, I made an offer, he declined end of story.   You know if you look at the old brochures, a grade II BAR sold for $250 in the late 60s, $1650 would be a good return on your investment.    Why would anybody want a 50 year old gun, they are heavy, have wood stocks, and blued metal.  I guess mainly to keep their gun safes glued to the floor. lol   You can probably buy a stainless rifle that you never have to clean, with a synthetic stock you never have to refinish, is as light as a feather, and for half as much money, perfect.   I'm too old for a youth gun, although I've shrunk enough that it would probably fit. lol   No Ruger 10/44s.   Jim      
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.