Boatguy
Well-Known Member
Just playin bud.Low budget?! My 3i cost me about 500 bucks 6years ago. I also have a 1man flip over clam. Those big shanties are for the lazy fisherman. I lug all my shit out set up and tear down cut my own holes, sometimes move multiple times a day. I run a buddy heater on a 5lber and I bring my jetboil on longer trips and get some dehydrated meals. That's true fishing. Renting a shanty and getting a ride out on a sled by the operator is just the lazy man's game of ice fishing. Good if you aren't into fishing and just getting out with the kids or something. But I'm hardcore. Balls deep or bust.
Smelt we catch in April when they run. You can ice fish them here too but super boring.
My only ice fishing escapades were in my twenties and mainely a drinking affair.
I get jealous in the winter seeing guys pulling big fish out of the ice.