Friendly Ice Fishing Shanty Competition!

[The Fisherman Guy]

Post some pictures of your homebuilt shanty, with details of the features that your shanty has.

Good things to include: Total build cost, dimensions and weight. If you are alright with including some drawbacks, flaws or things that you would have done differently, it would be a great way to learn from the mistakes you have made and those mistakes of others.

This will be a great thread for those who are looking at building their own Shanty; people can identify the benefits of each design.

Viewers are free to vote for their favorite! Perhaps a Homebuilt Shanty Derby will come of all this! Any Suggestions??

So who's first?!!:wave:

[The Fisherman Guy]

Alright so here's my Shanty.

Packed up it fits in the back of my half ton: Sled, Stove, Chairs, Fish TV, Wood, and Tackle. The Shack sits on the sled, and all the gear on top of it for transport on the ice.

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2066/67/86/206900597/n206900597_30611044_7156.jpg

It takes about 15 minutes to set up with three guys. From arrival to fishing.

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2066/67/86/206900597/n206900597_30611049_8586.jpg

All setup, with the proper seating, it can support three people fishing. I have had it out in -35 and we were in tee shirts, thanks to the woodstove.
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It cost about 600 dollars, all in. That's chairs, Fish TV, Ski's, Wood, Canvas, Hinges, Rope, and Hardware. I put rope loops on each end for handles, to help in moving the shack, they have worked out great it would be much more difficult to lift without them. It weighs about 200lbs, and is 9'6 long, 4' wide, and 6'6 high in the centre. I would make my next shack bigger, but lighter.

Some benefits are: I am able to cook in the shack on the woodstove, The dark tarp blocks out almost all the light, it stands freely without ice anchors, even when no one is inside, The floor is warm - because it is off the ice, and it can be setup by myself.

[Albertadiver]

Well, here's mine.

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr214/albertadiver/IMG_3758.jpg

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr214/albertadiver/IMG_3729.jpg

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Total cost was around $400.00. I did a pretty extensive writeup on this thread. http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=24357

It's not very light, probably close to 150-180lbs. And it's 4' x 12' and collapses into the back of my truck. The height is about 6'6" and is great to stand up and stretch your legs. The width inside is actually larger since I can push the sides of the canvass out. We put our pop and bait and stuff on the ice and its still inside the shelter. We had three guys sleep in it last weekend. Two on cots and one on the floor. Tight squeeze, but with my big buddy heater we were fine. I have 4 holes and it's perfect for 3 people, but you can fit probably 6 if you organized your gear properly. I noticed that the canvass can tear on sharp edges rather easily, so I'm going to have to do some patching soon. 2Big4U helped me with a spreader bar that works AWESOME, and the Fisherman Guy built his before I built mine so I used his and a few other online resources for inspiration. I am very happy with it, and it's like a full size permanent shack but only takes 10 minutes to get it up. I'm thinking about getting a tent ice cube so if the fish aren't biting in my hole, I can leave it up as a base camp and move around in the smaller tent shelter. We get my little radio going, the heater, and we're nice and toasty for days on end! If I were to do it again, I'd use proper plywood as although I painted the OSB, some of the places around the bottom are getting damaged while moving it around. I'll be adding another coat of paint as it gets scratched on my box liner putting it in and out. I'm very happy I went with the canvas route. Nice and dark, and quiet. Doesn't flap like a tarp does.

[Albertadiver]

Here's another one that was forwarded to me. I've seen this email before, but I figure it warrants note:

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[hockeyfish]

that shack is ****ing amazing

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

I recently saw one that was on the news a week or so back . Sits all winter long and have it as there Motor home in the summer. The thing was massive , had flush toilets , and stove , satellite tv , you named it it had it , was a 100,000 .00 dollar Ice fishing shanty / holiday trailer . I wish I could find the story , Ill keep my eyes open.

Sweet Rigs there guys keep up the dandy work.

[Fishingguy001]

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[Fishingguy001]

nice shack albertadiver. I think its bigger than my apartment. Nicer for sure