I spotted thsi post from KenKinser on the other thread:
" My ice house is a Pop-up deer blind,My sled is a kids little red wagon, got two coleman heaters and a lawn chair, got 4 ice fishing rods I'm ready when the ice gets "
Since we only get safe ice once in a while, we don't want to invest in all the good stuff on the market when it will spend most of its time in the attic. We use a kid's plastic sled to pull our stuff and a bucket to sit on. We use an ice rod apiece, plus our shortest ul crappie rods. Thinking about getting a couple of tip-ups this year. We've taken our Humminbird portable FF, but the cold killed the batteries in about 30 minutes. Doug taped the transducer to a pole and stuck it down the hole.
How's that deer blind work? We thought about doing that, too, since they're so much cheaper than a two-man clam.
Favorite jig is a Northland Tackle swimming jig - the kind that looks like a banana. - Roberta