Whats the best generator for a wheel house.

[bassNspear]

If you get anything other than a Honda, all your neighbors will be po'd because of the noise. Honda is probably the quietest and most reliable option out there.

I agree. I have had mine going on 3 years now and its amazing how quite it is. I have the 2000. Every time you drive around on the big lakes like red or LOW all you see is red generators all over the place. I started to keep mine under my roll up cover in the back of my truck, and it seemed to help out a lot as far as no snow or having a problem starting it. Keeps it out of the wind

[dfv87]

I have heard good things about Ryobi... Several buddies in the trades say they are solid and quiet.

For myself, I have my "$2000 generator" Honda E2000 that cost me about $800 at the state fair 5 years ago and is running like new. If I am relying on it 9 miles out on Red or LOW, I want something that is bulletproof... for me that is my Honda.

[Gus]

See DFV, I told you. Some people just don't get it. Another Keystroke Cowboy.

Ok, I'll throw my post back up there.

Money has nothing to do with being considerate of others. People who don't understand that, never will. Point proven.

$2000 genny required for ice fishing, nope.. Unless you think you need a 3000-4000 watt genny just for ice fishing. Many others have put out alternatives which are cheaper that are STILL QUIET.

Those who think the noise doesn't effect the fish, truly, don't know what they are missing. Spend any amount of time on the ice and the differences of noise above the snow/water become crystal clear.

People can lay the blame anywhere they want, most know the truth.

[NKLCOLT1911]

well all i know is i have had days you ladies dream of having on the ice with a very loud trucking running on the ice every 30 min, when the fishing turned off he fired up the truck and BOOM 30 min of non stop jumbo perch action, have also seen very large catfish caught while radio is on very loud, and for those of you that dont catfish, we have our boats set up very close to where the bait is.

[NKLCOLT1911]

to answer the OP's question sure the honda is the best, heck everyone knows that but mainly get what you can afford cause something is better than nothing

[Gus]

Fish are strange creatures. I too have witnessed fishing positively effected by noise. When things are slow, go do a round up with your truck or snowmobile to drive fish to your tip ups... However, when I think about all of the consistent catches, and consistent good bits, consistent LARGE walleye bites, It's boils down to quiet... quiet... quiet.... getting away from the noise of others.

[NKLCOLT1911]

Fish are strange creatures. I too have witnessed fishing positively effected by noise. When things are slow, go do a round up with your truck or snowmobile to drive fish to your tip ups... However, when I think about all of the consistent catches, and consistent good bits, consistent LARGE walleye bites, It's boils down to quiet... quiet... quiet.... getting away from the noise of others.

i think seeing a test of just how much noise will transfer through 20" of ice and how far down in the water column it can reach would be pretty neat, cause even a gun shot under water is pretty quite, and the density of water will vastly slow down sound waves.

[brian6715]

i think seeing a test of just how much noise will transfer through 20" of ice and how far down in the water column it can reach would be pretty neat, cause even a gun shot under water is pretty quite, and the density of water will vastly slow down sound waves.

Actually this couldn't be more wrong. Sound travels much faster through water due to it being more dense than air.

[NKLCOLT1911]

yup you were right i was wrong on that one, but what about the ice that has to act like a insulator.

[AlligatorDundee]

Sound travels 4 times as fast in water and further

[FishFindHer]

We bought our Honda 2000 last year after buying our new (8X16) ice castle, have no regrets. We talked to a few people asking what they would recommend for the money, and everyone said "just buy a Honda and be done with it." (Have also heard Yamahas are good too). Spent about $1,000 at L&M.

We run TV/satellite, lights, flashers and various small appliance (plus the furnace kicking off and on.) We can run a coffee maker and a small microwave at the same time, but it is getting to its limits at that point. (Gotta wait until the microwave is done to make toast. Yep, we really suffer!)

Our fish house does not have an A/C unit, but my BIL used it for camping last summer and ran a small window unit A/C with no problems. So for most people, a 2000 watt for ice fishing is just fine. Of course if you decide you ever need to upgrade down the road, you can always buy another Honda 2000, tether them together and now you have a 4000 watt genny that can run a rooftop A/C or whatever.

The thing is great on fuel, if we're running it constantly, it goes through about a gallon of gas every 8-9 hours. It is very quiet. If we run it at night it's just a nice hum outside the window.

My only complaint would be it's a little cold blooded starting. We let it warm up in the fish house for a while. Once it's going though, no problems, even last winter when it was 30 below most of the time. Just be careful that it doesn't melt itself into the ice and get wet. (learned that the hard way...thankfully it dried out after about 20 min next to the heater vent and worked fine) Keep it in the back of the truck or put it on a pallet or something.

Anyway...we are very happy with ours and from what I've heard from others, I don't think you can go wrong with one.

[ESSGuy]

I would have said Yamaha until last night. Up at deer shack my Yamaha yg2800i blew up. Sounded like it dropped valve and took out piston. Spayed oil out the exhaust. This is after just having a new carb put on because it ran like junk. Will be looking at honda.