I meant to add this on to an earlier post – may have been asked before…
What is the coldest temp (without windchill) that you have gone out onto the ice with a portable. It would be interesting to see who in IDO is daring – or just plain crazy.
Mine:
-23 degrees. I thought the shack would crack and shred on the spot.
-Boogs
I put out tip ups in -28 once and read the paper in my truck.
Well can’t beat those but I was out on Winny in -10 and windy last year in a portable…
This is one of the coldest I can remember for sometime now. When propane freezes in the bottle, it’s cold outside 
Cold Ice Fishing Report
-37 degrees below zero last winter up in Ontario. Not a breath of wind. Everything broke. Snowmobiles, trailers, fishing rods.
This is how the day started. I go outside with Cal to start sleds. I go to open the hood on my 600 and the composite hinge at the front of the sled explodes. Hood falls to the ground. Cal and I look at each other and shrug shoulders.
And that’s pretty much how the entire day went. Touch something. Break something. Good times. 
-29 was the worst. but on top of that there was a 35mph wind on the pond.
-53 on the coldest day ever recorded in MN. We hit Winnie for perch.
Have hit the -40 and below mark several times in Ont when chasing lakers. The really, really cold days are not bad if the wind isn’t blowing……
-38 on LOTW, we drove out of Adrian’s 13 miles and on the way back in a crack had opened up forming a 12″ deep pool on the road. Bob hit the water doing about 25 and his entire truck including the windshield was instantly covered in a solid 1/2″ – 3/4″ of ice. That was the day with the 30MPH wind.
The next morning we woke up down in Blackduck to the trucks reading -42 on the mirror, the Ford didn’t start, the Chevy did, after getting Bobby running again we called it and just drove home.
I ran a heater/cooker and 2 Buddys in the portable the whole weekend, fished in a t-shirt.
-40 at URL. The truck started however.
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-37 degrees below zero last winter up in Ontario. Not a breath of wind. Everything broke. Snowmobiles, trailers, fishing rods.
This is how the day started. I go outside with Cal to start sleds. I go to open the hood on my 600 and the composite hinge at the front of the sled explodes. Hood falls to the ground. Cal and I look at each other and shrug shoulders.
And that’s pretty much how the entire day went. Touch something. Break something. Good times.
Now you know why I was late getting to the splake …I have a friendly reminder on my topper from that morning as well…the little plastic flap on the outside of the topper turns very brittle in those temps..
-28 below on the big pond we went out of the wharf. good thing we brought a genarator to plug the trucks in. we caught some perch and watch the walleyes swim by the camera. we did try the hot water test. put warm water in 5 gal pail and throw it up in the air and watch it crystalize pretty neat to see.
Hit the URL at a balmy -40 last year to get some portable fishing in before our sleeper was ready. holes froze before I could flip the Fish trap over 
it was either last year or the year before, lose track. the truck measured -40 that is.
climbed out of the tent in BWCA at -40 to walk 200 yds to the fishhouse only to find that my buddy took the heater to his tent (to warm his skirt) walked back the 200 yds to get the heater out of his tent 
and walked back to the fishhouse only to find the propane for the heater frozen but we did put the 
down on the walleyes on that trip 
several years ago wife and kids went url for fishing derby -35 below daughter and i fished hole derby never left our spot. wife and son stayed in running truck most all of the derby no shelters allowed for that derby daughter was 12yrs old can you say bring it on sissy shacks 
-32 Grand Rapids. Highlight was holes were being done by hand. 30+ inches of ice. Would warm me up when I started drilling. as long as I have my shack and a heater I’m not sure there is a temp I wouldn’t at least give it a shot in.
Brainerd ice fishing contest 2009. -28 at 8am on the truck. Warmed up to -21 during contest. Peppermint
patties kept us warm!
Ferny.
-30 on ice, no portable. Girlfreind was with and we fished for 5 hours straight. She never complained a bit. Not even once. Think I’ll keep her.
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