Ice Fishing
Name something that annoys you while Ice Fishing
It sucks about your pile of crappies but hopefully they went home and licked their owner in the face or rubbed the fish odor on the carpet.
I do this when new people buy or build near our place up north and think that it's OK to let their dogs run. I go out and catch a bunch of bluegills or crappie, fillet them and dump the guts near the property line. Works better in summer. I've watched dogs roll around in it a few times. That had to be pleasant for the owner!
Couple years back on center Lake Salem wi two (dogs)doverments come out and eat our pile of crappie in seconds. no Dog owner around .Sure wasn't no Telling them not to. The way they inhaled them bones N sharp spikes. Actually felt Bad for them Coming out the other end ouch. I suppose 9th wonder of the world.
Today in my flipover away from the crowd I hear a voice. Sounds like a kid..... Not a kid a woman. Hollering at her carpet p;ssing dog. As I look out the dog runs to my shack and I hear it step on the flap. Then I hear her laugh and the dog runs off. I was about to move so I flip open and check. Sure as lib the little falker peed on my shack. Worse than annoying
I’ve gotten a few questions via PM on the kitty litter hole hopping bucket. I’ve posted pics of it in the past in the ice fishing inventions thread but those were older versions of the thing. So I’ll tie it in to things that annoy me when ice fishing because that was the reason why I’ve built these things.
Annoying things are bending over for a beer or having it tip over or blow over on the ice. Hole hopping carrying multiple things...chair, flasher, extra rods, bait...is a bit tedious. This is an all in one contraption that will carry everything. You just need to bring along a chair if you want. Plus it eliminated the “need” for a dedicated power box.....plus it has a set of white LED lights and green LED lights.
This is my third one. The previous versions weren’t balanced right and were a bit top heavy/tippy. I run a 12ah battery and it’s positioned in the rear (away from the flasher) of the pail. The exterior accessories (beer holder, camera, radio, rod holders) all counter balance one another so when you pick it up it hangs level with no tipping from side to side at all.
What you can’t see in this picture are a USB port for charging phones and if needed my camera, a 12v socket, and a 5.5mm jack which I use to run a set of underwater lights.
The radio is a BOSS marine stereo with built in speakers and it is a Bluetooth radio. That radio appears to be discontinued. If it wasn’t I buy a dozen or so of them and start selling this contraption. The antenna is a pretty basic $12 find on Amazon. Everything inside is wired through a basic fuse block except the flasher which has fuse directly in the wiring.
The total cost for materials/components (minus battery, flasher, camera) was around $50 and was primarily purchased on Amazon. Total assembly on this one from ground up took less than two hours. Previous versions took much longer but once you know what you are doing it goes much quicker.
Edited to add pics of previous versions:
Took "Sally" out this afternoon for a date. She really is growing on me.. She is quiet, well mannered, respectful, never complains and never say's "No". I just couldn't take my eyes of her sharp curves, all 7" of them, and yet she is so very very quiet.
Her batteries were fully charged & all it took was for a soft gentle pull of her trigger and it was game on. She performed so so very well. Flawless performance. It was a great afternoon, just "Sally" & I in our own special spot. I think I have found a keeper. Oh Boy is this gonna be good.
Sally is one sharp performer, trust my every word, and as the sun set and as the flags started poppin, I calmly covered Sallys' two sharp edges and retired her until we meet again, (tomorrow btw).
(I think she's the one).
