What's in your arsenal??

Just wanted to take a role call on what people are using. I always thought that it’d be interesting to see what people are using in the their full setup. I don’t want to start a debate, just a fun way to see people’s arsenal. Personally, I am so stuck on one particular brand that I need to step outside my comfort zone. Feel free to just copy and paste. I know I will be PM’ing people with their TUCR for testimonials!

Ice house: Eskimo Quickflip 2
Auger: Jiffy 8″ Pro4 Propane
Flasher: Marcum LX7
Rod: 13 Fishing – 27″ UL Tickle Stick
Reel: 13 Fishing Tear Drop
Favorite Spoon/Jig: VMC 1/16th Tingler <– Thanks to James

I’m still in the process of upgrading my equipment but here’s what I use.

Ice House: Eskimo Quickfish 2 pop up tent- looking to get a flip over, not happy with the pop-up
Auger: Strikemaster 8″ gas auger
Flasher: Marcum VX-1pro, Looking to get LX-5
Rod: 24 ugly stick
Tip ups: all beaver damns

I also am looking for testimonials on TUCR.

Ice house: Old Clam but usually B.A.T.T.W.
Auger: lazer 5″, strike Master MagII 8″ chipper, Lazer Mag 10″
Flasher: Marcum LX9, LX5, & Vex FL8
Mapping: H/bird 1197 when driving my truck on the ice
Rods: (about 20)all custom (GLoomis IM6, IMX, Falcon CaraT7, Sage RPII, and unknown)
Reel: (primary) Quantum Catalyst PTI 10’s, Falcon Volt 1000 (testing)+ Misc junk and various fly reels
Favorite Spoon: 1/8 oz – varies by lake and species. I have a ton of pimples, slendor spoons, Kastmaster, CJ&S stuff, and a lot of DIY spoons made from various willow blades
Favorite Jig:Diamond jig DJ12- Froggie with blood red wedge / blue & gold micro fleck or 1″ gulp
Favorite hard body lure: Koppers Live Target liples Gizzard Shad & some rip raps….with blade baits & jigging raps a close second/third (pending body of water)

Otter 1200 cabin
Strikemaster solo 224 8″
Vexilar FLX-28
Marcum LX-5
2 36″ Thorne bros perch sweethearts
1 36″ quiverstick with a okuma 2/3 SVL
1 36″ stealth quiverstick with medium tripwire
1 36″ panfish sweetheart with medium light tripwire
1 34″ Thorne bros deadstick.
All with Shimano 500 sedonas.

And about 5million spoons and jigging raps. I’m like a meth addict for gear!

House: Otter Cabin Xt1200
Auger: Strikemaster Lazer mag
Flasher Lx7
Rods… Well TUCR but that is kinda a given
Reels Shimano Sienna’s for the noodles, Sedona’s for the QT and Sahara’s for the Power and Precision
Tip Ups Orange Frabill’s and IFishPro’s. Beaver Dam’s only for early season.

It’s taken many years of upgrading old gear piece by piece, but i’m pretty much set now…

Ice house: Otter ProXT900 Cabin with Sportsman Caddy and Pivot hitch
Tow Vehicle: Yamaha Grizzly 700, 28″ Mudzilla Tires, Digger Auger mount, Kolpin rear storage rack
Auger: 8″ Ion
Flasher: Lowrance Ice Pack with Elite-4 or Elite-5x (depends if GPS is needed)
Camera: Marcum VS825SD
Rod: St Croix Avid
Reel: In-line 6061
Favorite Spoon/Jig: Whatever is working…

House – Clam X2
Auger – Strikemaster lazer ( Over 15 years old )
Flasher – Marcum LX5 and Vex. FL18
Rods – Various
Reels – #8 tackle inline and Shimano Sedona’s spinning

As far as a testimonial on the TUCR goes – I have 2 of them and they are the best ice rods I’ve ever used. As good as I had hoped and even better. If you are a pan fisherman. Do yourself a favor and get a Noodle rod. You will never use a bobber or spring bobber ever again. If you want something to handle both Panfish, Perch and even small walleye’s the bullwhip is a great rod as well.

Clam 2 Man – non thermal (Upgrading next season to Otter)
8″ Jiffy Pro4 Propane
LX9 and FL-22
Otter Magnum for draggin misc gear (And a lot of it! A man’s gotta eat!)
4 TUCR 32″ Rod variations. 2 for pannies, 2 for walleye
4 St Croix 32″ Pike Rods
Too many other St. Croix pannie and walleye rods
4 iFish Pro Tipups
8 other misc tipups
2 Otter Rod cases
Reels vary from Shim Sedonas & Siennas to Shim CI+ series
Polaris Sportsman 800 with Tracks
WAY too many lures from #4 Rippin Raps, VMC Tinglers, VMC Tear Drops, and endless variations of Slender Spoons and Blades.
7 gallon bucket with toilet lid. Hah!

JD Winston wrote:

7 gallon bucket with toilet lid. Hah!

I seriously need to make this.

Otter T600 Lodge
Strikemaster Solo Mag 2.5 HP 8″ and 6″ bits
2 Marcum VX-1 Flashers
Marcum VS625SD Camera
Custom DH Rod with 13 Fishing Teardrop Reel
St. Croix Legend with Eagle Claw inline Reel
2 Cheap Clam UL Rods with homemade St. Croix Spring Bobbers and Shimano Reels
Crappie Tipper Tip Downs
HT Tip ups
Mr. Heater Buddy Heater
Tons of jigs and spoons
1997 Yamaha Big Bear 350 4X4
1975 Arctic Cat Pantera

Ice house: Clam Jason Mitchell 5000 (lots of space if you take the fam)
Auger: Jiffy 8″ 4G (quiet, dependable, powerful…a bit heavy to walk with)
Flasher: Marcum VX-1p
Rods (panfish): St. Croix Legends – LOVE EM
Rods (eyes): med action generic Frabills…considering TUCRs
Lures (panfish): 1/16 slender spoon and my homemade ice flies (they are killer!)
Lures (walleyes): I’m terrible at jigging. Though I have lots of lures.
Tipups: 4 beaver dams rigged for eyes (fluoro leaders and an array of colored #2 octo hooks) and 5 misc rigged for pike in an array of black wire, red wire, and fluoro leaders w/ #2 VMS sure set trebles)

Otter 1200 cabin
Ion 8 inch
Marcum LX7
Vex FL8
TUCR noodle and QT
St Croix 2 walleye rods
all reels are Tica
2004 Sportsman 700

Otter 650 Lodge/Eskimo 949I pop up
Smitty sled
Eskimo Z51 Shark auger 8″
Humminbird 597 w/Lakemaster
4 St. Croixs various actions/lengths
3 Fenwicks ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
half a dozen cheap panfish combos
Sienna 500’s
Pflueger Trion tr120’s
Beaver Dam Tip-ups
Frabil insulated tip-ups
Mr. Heater/cooker
Coleman propane lanterns
Beautiful Wife
about 50 various spoons 1/16-1/8 VMC,Buckshot, etc…
roughly 300 jigs

Clam 2 Man Flip Over (going to upgrade to an otter lodge 1200 next year)
7×14 camper converted to fish house, wood stove 6 holes, sleeps 3
mankato suitcase portable that i dont use much anymore
Eskimo Z71 Shark auger 8″
Marcum LX-5
2 thorn bros custom rods, 1 st croix, and about 10 usable but cheap rods
otter rod case
couple of Beaver Dam Tip-ups
sunflower heater sits on top of 20# tank
too many jigs and spoons to count

things i want soon:

otter lodge full thermal
an ATV
a new truck
and you know, 1000 more lures and whatever flashy new things they come out with between now and the time ill be able to afford and new truck and an atv

Otter XT900
Clam Jason Mitchell 5000
Marcum LX5
Marcum Showdown
Vexilar FL22
Marcum VS625SD
St Croix Medium Heavy (2)
Bunch of “Meh” Light Rods
Gander Medium Action
Shimano Sedona
Shimano Sienna

Ice Bandit Shanty
Vexilar FL8
6in laser auger, paired with a 20v masterforce lithium cordless drill, or run by hand.
5 rods- 3 Berkley Lightning Ice Rods, and then two other misc rods I picked up super cheap just to have.
I switch jigs/spoons so often I can’t say I use one more than others but slender spoons are a staple for me.

Clam yukon
LX7
Strikemaster 8″ honda lite
32″ Thorne Brothers Perch Sweetheart
32″ Thorne Brothers Quiverstick
28″ Thorne Brother Power Noodle
28″ Thorne Brothers ML tripwire
13 fishing & Pflueger spinning reels
Orange Frail tip ups
Way too much tackle – Just ask my wife!
2015 ford F150 Platinum

Just this and walk out pop a hole pick a weapon and fry my avatar done.

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Shappell X100
Mag 2000 8″ chipper
LX6 and VX1 and a lead weight
Fanciest Rods 3 St Croix Premiers.8 Other various cheaper…
5 Pflueger Presidents…..3 others..1 inline
3 Polar tip-ups 1 Beaver Dam
3 Tip-downs 2 Ice Riggers
Heavy on CJ&S jigs and spoons, but plenty other man.
Rusty 94 4wd Suburban

Houses: old otter, canvas craft ATT trailer

Wheeler: 13 Polaris 500 sportsman, upgraded last year from 1990 4×2 to pull att trailer

Pickup: 01 Silverado, 243,000 miles and running perfect. (knock on wood)

Auger: strikemaster chipper lite (replaced 1994 power head, lost compression), using existing lazer bit (anybody want to buy a new chipper bit??) and 6″ hand lazer

Rods: not sure, just 3 spinning rods & jiggle sticks

Flasher: FL8-SLT

Heater: Mr heater cooker & coleman white gas lantern

How’s this for a old time list

House: IDO Hoodie over 2 sweatshirts and UA base layer, Ice Armour boots, long johns. socks, and mits and lined gortex pants. Maybe a pair of hand warmers if it’s cold.

Auger: whatever the guy I go with has after 1st ice otherwise I have a hand auger I found. Usually I’m with my bro and he bought a Jiffy propane auger we both love v

Flasher: Showdown Troller with soft pack.

Rods: 2 Fleet Farm Wright & McGill Eagle Claw Tony Roach Power Ice Moodle 28″ Glaaa rods

Spoons: 1/16th oz Slender Spoons

Jigs: Any Tungsten

Line: 3# Orange Ice Magic

Otter 1200 Lodge (only used twice so itchin to get out again)
Strikemaster 8″ Honda
Vexilar FL-20
Marcum VS625SD Camera
2 Custom rods with pfleuger reels
3 miscellaneous combos
4 frabill thermal tip ups
1999 Yamaha 600 sled
Too many lures to name, favorites would have to be the slender spoon and buckshots

Frabill Trekker Max 2-man house (not thermal)

Vexilar FL-20 Double Vision for flasher and camera

Three ice rods I built, 2 of which generally get used depending on what I’m using as a lure.

Reels are mostly Mitchells I picked up off a clearance tackle website. I have one Abu Cardinal I use for ice too.

No tip ups yet, may have to get some but for right now I jig everything that isn’t a deadstick.

Houses: Otter Wild T600 and Eskimo 949i
Eskimo Z71 10″
Vexilar FLX-28
Marcum LX7
23″ UL 13 tickle stick with CGI inline
27″ L 13 tickle stick with 13 black betty inline
28″ Thorne bros power noodle w/ pflueger supreme
28″ Thorne bros Quiverstick with pflueger trion
28″ TUCR precision noodle with pflueger trion
32″ TUCR precision with pflueger trion
All stored in the ice advantage deluxe rod case

I have wayyy to many spoons and jigs that I need to keep hidden from my girlfriend…

Frabil Snosuit Bibs & Coat & IDO hoodie
Otter Wild Perch (1 man) & Otter 1200 Lodge
LX-9 & FL-18
Nils 8″ a.k.a. The Tasmanin Devil
36″ TUCR Precision/Sedona 500 My favorite rod.
32″ TUCR Q.T./Sedona 500 My other favorite rod.
Thorne Bros. 28″ Sweet Heart Perch/Cetus 500
Thorne Bros. 26″ Quiverstick/Okuma STV 23
6 Jason Mitchell Perch & Walleye rods/Sienna 500
5 Polar Boxes from Rose Creek Anglers filled with what ever the IDO staff uses
and a couple other boxes jigs & spoons.
2005 Chevy Sliverado W/topper with a bedslide. Beats crawling in the back of the truck. Want list is an ATV. FISH ON!

Vex snowsuit
Vexilar fl-12
Jiffy pro 4 lite
Polaris sportsman 400 for towing
Clam Yukon & Cabelas 5 sided pop up
9 tucr’s
Frabill thermal tip ups
Shimano siennas for pan rods, sedonas and symetres for the rest.
Enough tackle for most to shake there head at.

Also have 4 Fenwick elite techs with custom painted hi vis tips for my 2 year old to grow into and about 8 other combos from fleet farm that will collect dust.

Frabil Trekker 2 man (Lightweight – First Ice)
Clam X2 2 man (Heavy – But roomy and sturdy)
Strike Lite II 8” Auger
H2O GPS/CHIP
Marcum LX5
Marcum VS825SD Camera
Thorne Bros/TUCR Rods
Tica Reels
Tackle – Way too much, I think I may have a problem.

Ice house: Eskimo Quickflip 2 (Thanks Mudshark!)
Auger: Clam Conversion Kit w/ 5″ Strikemaster Lazer
Flasher: Marcum VX-1 Pro
Rod: St. Croix 36″ Premier (Light), 36″ HT Ice Blue Noodle (Cheap and AWESOME), 27″ 13 Fishing White-Out (Medium-Light), and few crappy ones
Reel: Various cheap spinning reels, some suck, some don’t
Favorite Spoon/Jig: CJS Slender Spoon, CJS Chekai Jigs, Various Plastics

darkstar72 wrote:

Frabill Trekker Max 2-man house (not thermal)

Vexilar FL-20 Double Vision for flasher and camera

Three ice rods I built, 2 of which generally get used depending on what I’m using as a lure.

Reels are mostly Mitchells I picked up off a clearance tackle website. I have one Abu Cardinal I use for ice too.

No tip ups yet, may have to get some but for right now I jig everything that isn’t a deadstick.

Add ION 8″ auger