The new ice shanty!

[The Fisherman Guy]

Well I finally completed it, and it has outdone my expectation for how rewarding it is. It cost just over five hundred bucks, and can accomodate 3 people fishing, with the wood stove.

The dimensions are 9.5ft long by 4ft wide by 6ft6in high. It is nice to be able to stand up fully while getting geared up to go back out in the cold, and to just stretch the legs a bit. Two people have ample room to stretch out and relax, with plenty of foot room.

We took it out to Crawling this past weekend when the outside temp was -35 without a windchill, and we were sitting inside in our first layer, with more than enough heat - very pleased with the performance of the woodstove I highly reccommend that if you are building one, throw a woodstove in there!

Some photo's of last weekend...





I bought the flashing from Rona, and the woodstove from Campers Village.



I tried to scavenge as much as I could for this project, here I used old branches as rod holders.


Put the firewood close at hand!



Mr. T with the smart move on the goggles, my eyelashes froze one of my eyes shut at one point!

Anyone want to meet up at McGregor or Crawling this weekend? I may go both days....

Thanks, TFG

[Reeves1]

No fish pictures !

[flatblack]

Originally Posted by Reeves

No fish pictures !

ya! you get skunked?

[The Fisherman Guy]

Originally Posted by Reeves

No fish pictures !

Well fishing was steady.... steady slow....slow no fish. I snapped off on what I would imagine was a jack, as there was hardly any resistance when I set the hook, it just snapped clean.

Plus we were in a spot where there was no signs of other holes, my first time at crawling.... Any tips on where to go?? PLEASE!!

[Rumtan]

Thats an excellent looking shack....congrats.

[Dark]

Nice shack, it looks just like ours minus the wood heater, we use propane, I see u made it to Princess for the tarp? We ended up cutting small windows in the doors so we can keep an eye on our tip ups something you might want to consider.

[The Fisherman Guy]

Hmm, thanks for the advice on the tarp Dark, it saved me a tonne of money. I am not a tip up guy, I like to fish in my shack next to the stove! When are ya going out next?

[Dark]

Fishermen,
Another thing we did was screw an old 3" wide ratchet strap around the door to keep the light out and the heat in kinda like weather stripping. We have other portable tents but we think this one is by far the most durable and comfortable.
PS I like your door better

[Albertadiver]

Hey congrats, turned out to be a beauty!

What did you use to spread the hardwalls on the ends apart? Did you put any insulation in the floor? How does she pull?

That canvass looks great, how was the light levels in there?

[The Fisherman Guy]

The tarp is dark enough to see down the holes no problem, and the sled pulls great with two people. The shack has no insulation, does not need it in my opinion... I may not have even needed to use so much flashing, but I figure better to err on the side of caution.

Thanks for the tips ABD, they were great in helping me brainstorm. The walls are suprisingly very sturdy with the canvas, I used 1' EMT conduit as a ridgepole to hold the walls apart, nice and light and can be bent into place if the tarp is cold and contracted.

When are you going to be done your's?

[dodger]

First class looking rig!! Two thumbs up.
Dodger.

[bobalong]

Originally Posted by The Fisherman Guy

Well fishing was steady.... steady slow....slow no fish. I snapped off on what I would imagine was a jack, as there was hardly any resistance when I set the hook, it just snapped clean.

Plus we were in a spot where there was no signs of other holes, my first time at crawling.... Any tips on where to go?? PLEASE!!

I have only fished CV in the open water, but we had pretty luck off the points and around the islands on the east side just before where the lake starts to swing to the west.