TCG fishing thread 2021

[OffshoreDrilling]

Sup.

who else is a moron that likes sitting on a bucket for hours on a frozen lake?

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[Mook]

I enjoy your updates on social media. Does that count?

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I’ve been out maybe a dozen times this year already. Mostly DuPage county ponds and one trip up to Wisconsin. No notable fish yet.

tons of panfish around here and endless hammer handle pike up norf.

 

[Yaj Yak]

do you have ice fish sonar?

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

What I’ve got for gear:
-Humminbird ice35 flasher
-half a dozen tip ups
-2 automatic fishermen
- a dozen-ish combos, mostly panfish sized tackle
-buddy heater
-6” hand auger
-6” k drill on a clam plate powered by a brushless dewalt and a gripload of 5ah batteries
- Eskimo 949i hub shanty
-shappell fx100i flip over that I just bought
-two sleds for hauling shit and a smitty sled to toss them on in deep snow

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

do you have ice fish sonar?

I does. Just super basic flasher guy, there is some crazy technology out there know that’s basically like watching a video game underwater. But you’re throwing out $2500+

 

[Mook]

Add a fancy cover and I'll share to our FB group.

 

[Yaj Yak]

what about to make your holes?

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

If anyone ever wants to go out, just speak up here. I’ve got plenty of gear to pass around. Soaking some shiners under tip ups and drinking all day is always a great time

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

what about to make your holes?

You’ll like dis. Top part is called a clam plate, adapts to your drill, shaft comes out of the chuck and saves some wear on the drill. Had a thumb lever like a bike brake to operate the drill

 

[Boostie]

Guilty.

Been ice fishing Wisconsin for the last few years but this year have added some Illinois spots to pass time in between trips

 

[Chet Donnelly]

I'm going for the first time this winter this weekend. My yearly family outing is planned for weekend of Feb 13th.

My cousin just bought one of those Garmin fish finders/sonar (link below) so we are going to go test it out this weekend for the first time so we are ready to use it on our big yearly outing. We also added an 18 inch Blackstone griddle to our equipment stash to make cooking out on the ice easier.

Garmin Panoptix ECHOMAP Plus 73cv Ice Fishing Bundle | Cabela's

Transform your ice-fishing experience with the Garmin Panoptix ECHOMAP Plus 73cv Ice Fishing Bundle. This Garmin ice-fishing bundle lets you drill fewer holes to locate schools of fish swimming up...

www.cabelas.com

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Sup.

who else is a moron that likes sitting on a bucket for hours on a frozen lake?

Is the bucket face up or down?

 

[Yaj Yak]

You’ll like dis. Top part is called a clam plate, adapts to your drill, shaft comes out of the chuck and saves some wear on the drill. Had a thumb lever like a bike brake to operate the drill
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im rock hard

where's DEEZUZ to tell us that he could drill holes 3x faster with his milwaukee

 

[DEEZUZ]

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I'm going for the first time this winter this weekend. My yearly family outing is planned for weekend of Feb 13th.

My cousin just bought one of those Garmin fish finders/sonar (link below) so we are going to go test it out this weekend for the first time so we are ready to use it on our big yearly outing. We also added an 18 inch Blackstone griddle to our equipment stash to make cooking out on the ice easier.

Garmin Panoptix ECHOMAP Plus 73cv Ice Fishing Bundle | Cabela's

Transform your ice-fishing experience with the Garmin Panoptix ECHOMAP Plus 73cv Ice Fishing Bundle. This Garmin ice-fishing bundle lets you drill fewer holes to locate schools of fish swimming up...

www.cabelas.com

Panoptix is so fucking baller.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Is the bucket face up or down?

Face up!

my early season rig is a 7gal bucket with a screw on lid, made a foam seat for the top, riveted PVC to the side of the bucket to hold two rods and an ice scoop. The rest of my tackle fits in the bucket and I either carry a hand auger or spud bar with the other hand depending on skechiness of the ice.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Panoptix is so fucking baller.

Yeah, pretty excited to try it out. Will post some pics in this thread over the weekend.

 

[PANDA]

If anyone ever wants to go out, just speak up here. I’ve got plenty of gear to pass around. Soaking some shiners under tip ups and drinking all day is always a great time

I am always interested in fishing, and home this weekend unless I venture somewhere to buy more beater sleds. Holler at a PANDA if you go out.

 

[wombat]

I've always been interested but never gone myself... I do enjoy drowning some 12oz bass...

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Didn't catch much as I brought the kids with and I spent more time shoveling them space to ice skate....but the fish finder was awesome!

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Fished a tournament today, won an auger!

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Didn't catch much this weekend....but had a hell of a time! Went out Friday morning, stayed out until about 9pm, went back out all day Saturday.

 

[Blood on Blood]

OffshoreDrilling - an option is to rename this thread to “2021 Fishing Thread” and we post for the entire year within the same thread?

Went out for 20 mins and landed a 16 in Bass today. Shad color crankbait

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Done and done