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
The new ice shanty!
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