Gitchi Gummi wrote:

my only knock with the full door setup is you can’t get a great seal (only matters on the really cold days). I will preface by saying my only full door experience is with the eskimo outbreak houses… With only having one zipper and it requiring you to have to zip all the way down to the ice, meaning you can’t bank a bunch of snow around the outside. At least that’s been my experience with the outbreaks. If they made it with two zippers instead of one, you could still bank in the bottom while still being able to access the zipper to go in/out, but I suppose that eliminates the “full” door.

Totally agree here, I love the full door for ease of use, but it does let in a lot more air. To the point of really not even needing the vents. I definitely use more propane in my Outbreak with the full door.

Do they make the Muck Arctic Pro’s in womens, or did you just get them the mens version?

Anyone out on the St. Croix yet?

Anyone giving this a go with all the heat?

wow that is a great range for a rod. mind if I ask what you are running?

Still love this thread. What do people use for combos on this.

And now there is more snow coming…

Nodakk wrote:

I was out Sunday on a smaller area Lake. Definitely need a snowmobile or tracks. We got roughly 10” of snow this last weekend

Thanks for the update, I don’t have either unfortunately so I will have to figure something out.

Figured I would bump this again as it is that time of year, or maybe already past that time of year. Anyone willing to share ice and travel conditions in the BLA area? I know there was a good storm up there the past week.

Brittman wrote:

I cannot ice fish until Sunday PM. The ice sure looks nice now. I know it can be perceiving per the weathermen, the sheriff, and the DNR …

I drove over the Hwy 36 bridge this afternoon. Big trucks and wheel houses out in force all over the St Croix River. Looked like some were driving a mile or so up from the landing.

Looks like now you will have to worry about slipping on slick ice.

Thanks for the update! Will be even more after the cold snap tonight. going to try and get out again this weekend

Supposed to get cold again too so that should be fun if your permanent house is under water…

On the Croix now, lots of traffic, no sturgeon

That is for sure :). Ice was good last weekend but a lot of warm days this last week

Was out on Croix last weekend so was curious if the warm weather will hurt. Thanks!

Do we lose much ice with these warm days? Still been pretty cold here at night.

Warm weather again this weekend will make for further slop. Been wanting to get onto the Croix anyone driving out there yet?

Perfect circles? Probably someone checking ice thickness and quality with a 1″ auger

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gimruis wrote:</div>
I am seeing 30’s this weekend followed by a potential sizable storm next Tues/Wed which could be a mix of rain/snow.

You don’t ice fish. Stay out of it. Lol if we wanted a weather girl we’d turn on channel 11

Single digit temps overnight the last few nights have helped a lot I would assume.

slipperybob wrote:

Problem solved. Cuz I run standard round gumball head jigs.

I realize round gumball jigs are what a lot of people use, myself included.

In a goal to always improve and catch more fish I am asking about a tactic I have never tried. By all means if the gumballs work for you go for it.

ekruger01 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>olas88 wrote:</div>
Just running with standard 5 and 7mm or do you look for the ones with the bigger hooks?

I run both styles depending on the size of minnow

Thanks for the info!

Just running with standard 5 and 7mm or do you look for the ones with the bigger hooks?

The good thing about a musky rod and the low pro reels is you can multi purpose them instead of just a cat/sturgeon setup.

While I would love to have 4-6 different setups for every species, not feasible at this point

re-up. curious if the op has done more experimenting

I know this is a few years old but man there is some good info in there. I am looking forward to trying this out come fall.

Curious FBRM if your setup has changed in the past 5-6 years.

Also interested in how you setup your bungeed anchors. Again, great info here!

Thanks for all the info. Plan right now is to purchase a 2050ls reata. Sounds like it shouldnt be too bad.

Of course the wife want to take it out before we even get it home, but I do not think that is a good idea until we do the transfer at the dmv.

Assuming you do the title transfer before the license transfer with the dnr?

Can you drive the boat before doing either of these things?

How is this still such pain. Looking at buying a used boat now in MN and just trying to find details on how/where to pay tax and how to transfer the title is crazy.

Would be nice if there was just a detailed writeup from the DMV and/or the DNR.

Exactly :). I was just curious if others with console boats have figured out a good sharpshooting(shart :)) for these boats. tiller is just not an option for me.

For me the whole point of asking is because the wife and kids want a full windshield boat. So that is what we will go with.