Aluminum ice fishing sled.

  • mitchfic
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 91
    November 4, 2015 at 7:03 pm #1575271

    With the warm weather we are having, Im glad I built this Aluminum sled last year. I have a feeling we will have some thin ice for a while.
    All aluminum, the floor is a 1/4″ plastic I found at Menards. The skis have the Otter Hyfax attached to them. Very light and very easy to pull. Hope this sparks some creativity for some others this season.

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    wiel0059
    Posts: 59
    November 4, 2015 at 7:40 pm #1575279

    Thanks for sharing! Love it!

    castle-rock-clown
    Posts: 2596
    November 4, 2015 at 8:22 pm #1575284

    Put some flotation pontoons on it. With the impending el nino…since your talking thin ice…

    Dave Lozier
    Amherst, WI
    Posts: 957
    November 4, 2015 at 9:46 pm #1575297

    Very cool!

    Does Menards still have that plastic? Was that in building materials or some other department?

    sidescan
    Posts: 73
    November 5, 2015 at 7:26 am #1575323

    Very nice work, looks great, sled for early season for me as well. I made my Smitty a couple of season’s ago from pipe, works good but nothing like yours for engineering and looks. I filled the tubes with expanding foam and covered the bottom with 3 inches of styro for floatation and pool testing showed it floats well which may help in a bad situation but I am not willing to test real time LOL. Again real nice job on the sled. Fish safe

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    mitchfic
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 91
    November 5, 2015 at 7:55 am #1575333

    The floor material I found in the building material section at Menards. It was a 4’x8′ piece of plastic.
    Mine would sink right to the bottom! I like seeing other peoples sleds.

    Nate Northup
    Madison, WI area
    Posts: 225
    November 5, 2015 at 8:59 am #1575349

    Mitch – about how much did your sled set ya back?

    mitchfic
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 91
    November 5, 2015 at 8:23 pm #1575496

    $120.00
    +the Hyfax

    If I were to build a bunch I bet it would be closer to $70. Had waste on materials that I will use for other projects but made this more expensive. Worth it and is way easier to pull than an Otter sled in snow.

    Steve Goethe
    Posts: 3
    February 26, 2020 at 12:56 pm #1918229

    Mich, could you call me at 920-606-3510 about that fishing sled?
    Thank you,

    Steve

    moustachesteve
    Twin Cities
    Posts: 540
    February 27, 2020 at 4:01 pm #1918548

    Steve, this thread is 5 years old and Mitch hasn’t been active in well over a year so I don’t think he’ll be calling you anytime soon. Best of luck with your sled.

    Steve Goethe
    Posts: 3
    February 27, 2020 at 4:58 pm #1918560

    Ok moustachesteve thanks for letting me know. I’m new here. Would have loved to learn about that sled. I’d pay dearly
    for the same thing.

    Sylvanboat
    Posts: 986
    February 29, 2020 at 6:30 am #1918944

    This is the kind of ingenuity that made this country great. MAGA.

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