Ice Fishing Shack Heater?

[Tig]

Very nice hut MWB.
We just moved from Ottawa last year. Are those pictures on the Rideau?

 

[BIGSTICK]

I have this heater for my deer blind.

Mr. Heater - America's Most Popular Portable Heaters

Then I bought one of these to refill the 1lb tanks.- I bought mine at HF and it has saved a lot of money.

K-M Products ... home of the MacCoupler.

I second everything

I have the big buddy

I refill all my 1 lber's from a 20 lber

I used my big buddy last week -20 f outside
and I only had my big buddy on low to keep nice in the shack .....
love it love it love it.....

 

[mwb]

Very nice hut MWB.
We just moved from Ottawa last year. Are those pictures on the Rideau?

Yep, put it out on the Rideau at Kemptville creek. It will be going out on the RR closer to Osgoode this weekend.

 

[Tig]

The buoy made me think RR. When I lived in Greely, there was a time I did a lot of musky fishing on that stretch of river. Used to launch off of Greeline road. Some days we even broke ice with the boat and trailer.
Out on the bay, we got two tonight. Mine went back down the hole. My better half outfished me again.
Still can't get the internet link working. I think I need to move my base antenna outside.

 

[mwb]

Nice that you are near the Bay; wife an I did a late October trip to Thompson's point - great trip but no fish. We will be going back in May. Maybe I will be able to hook up with a couple of fellas for an ice fishing trip to the bay this winter...

Are you on Fishhawk or Quintefishing?

 

[MossRoad]

great trip but no fish.

I have a T-Shirt with the following message on it.....

The greatest thing about fishing is that even if you don't catch a fish you've still wasted the day.

I tested the ice on my favorite lake Tuesday night. 4" of watery mush on top of 1.5' of questionable ice. No bluegill for me this week.

 

[Low Bucket]

I second everything

I have the big buddy

I refill all my 1 lber's from a 20 lber

I used my big buddy last week -20 f outside
and I only had my big buddy on low to keep nice in the shack .....
love it love it love it.....

I'm glad I found the fitting to refill the 1 lb. tanks.- It was worth the $20 bucks!

When I refill one up I don't go the full minute.- I just go 45 seconds to be safe.- I also carry my buddy heater with me when working outside.

 

[Tig]

The greatest thing about fishing is that even if you don't catch a fish you've still wasted the day. (

That's what I love about fishing.
mwb, I'm way at the other end of the county. Late October, November people swarm to the river mouths looking for pickerel. Trent and Moira are usually pretty busy after dark. It's one of those things where you have to love fishing to be there in a boat. Fishing is usually quite good.

 

[MossRoad]

I went to a hardware store yesterday to look at the little buddy heaters. I found the store on line. Anyhow, all they carry is the large ones that go on the 20lb tanks for about $29.00. I asked if they could order a small one. They looked it up. $65.00!!! The guy started scratching his head. He got the manager. The manager came over and looked at the computer screen and started laughing and said, "That's for 6 of them." Whew! I felt better. One will be here for me on Tuesday.

 

[kyspartan]

I went to a hardware store yesterday to look at the little buddy heaters. I found the store on line. Anyhow, all they carry is the large ones that go on the 20lb tanks for about $29.00. I asked if they could order a small one. They looked it up. $65.00!!! The guy started scratching his head. He got the manager. The manager came over and looked at the computer screen and started laughing and said, "That's for 6 of them." Whew! I felt better. One will be here for me on Tuesday.

would you be willing help a fellow out their $110 just a little south of you

 

[MossRoad]

would you be willing help a fellow out their $110 just a little south of you

Well, now you have me worried. I'll find out Tuesday how much it really costs and let everyone know.

 

[Tig]

Check the BassPro site. They are in the range Moss found. MrHeater is just under $70 CDN on sale last I checked.

 

[kyspartan]

Bass Pro Shops Search Results
let see if this works

 

[Uncle Doug]

Tractor Supply carries them also.

Tractor Supply Company - Propane Heaters

 

[MossRoad]

Check the BassPro site. They are in the range Moss found. MrHeater is just under $70 CDN on sale last I checked.

No. See. You guys got it wrong. The guy at the hardware store said it was $65.00 for six of them. When I asked him for the price, he said mine should only be 1/6 of that! About $11.00. I kept asking him if he was sure and he kept saying yes.

Since I saw the great big one for the 20lb tanks there for $29.00, I figured the little tiny ones would be less. So eleven bucks sounded right to me. I never priced them before, but now reading theses posts, it sounds like ONE of them will be $65.00.

And then I was up at Rural King today and saw them on sale for $59.00.

So I think on Tuesday the guy will realize his mistake and try to charge me at least $65.00. I don't want to spend $65.00 for a tent heater. I went fishing yesterday, it was 20 degrees and the sun came out and I could not see my breath inside the tent. I had to take off my coveralls and sit there in my T-shirt. For $65.00 I will continue to use my lantern as a heater and light source on those particularly cold nights.

I'll let everyone know how it goes on Tuesday. If he offers them to me for $11.00 I'll take all 6!

No I won't. The hardware store is one of the few left. As soon as you walk in the door they stop what they are doing, say hello and ask what you are looking for. Someone escorts you to the isle and stays with you until you are satisfied. It is about the last place that offers great service in the area and I'd hate to pull a fast one on them. Darned morals!

 

[Uncle Doug]

Darned morals!

I hate when that happens. Just when you think you can get one over on someone that little guy on your shoulder says, "tell them that's too much change"

 

[Tig]

Well Moss? What was the final price? I know the the Buddy's are near the price of the little MrHeaters.
Me, I'm going to stick with the naphtha lantern. Infinitely variable heat and light to boot. Fill up lasts 8 hours plus some. I keep it on the floor and the heat is very even. During setup or when things get busy I hang it, but that makes the ceiling area too warm. Stiffing even on low heat.
I also got my 2km wifi link working. Technically it seems to be no big deal for the wifi protocol to span that distance. My problems were with antenna placement and the drivers. The antenna was causing a poor quality signal. Very strong but poor quality. Found a better place for the antenna and wow. The drivers were causing me to doubt my sanity as they would fault and recover at the access point over 2km away. At the same time they could toggle the encryption further befuddling me. Now that I am on to this, I can adapt and reconnect.
Now that I am all set the January thaw has made quite a mess out there.

 

[MossRoad]

Well Moss? What was the final price? I know the the Buddy's are near the price of the little MrHeaters.
Me, I'm going to stick with the naphtha lantern. Infinitely variable heat and light to boot. Fill up lasts 8 hours plus some. I keep it on the floor and the heat is very even. During setup or when things get busy I hang it, but that makes the ceiling area too warm. Stiffing even on low heat.
I also got my 2km wifi link working. Technically it seems to be no big deal for the wifi protocol to span that distance. My problems were with antenna placement and the drivers. The antenna was causing a poor quality signal. Very strong but poor quality. Found a better place for the antenna and wow. The drivers were causing me to doubt my sanity as they would fault and recover at the access point over 2km away. At the same time they could toggle the encryption further befuddling me. Now that I am on to this, I can adapt and reconnect.
Now that I am all set the January thaw has made quite a mess out there.

The heater was $65.00. I apologized to the store owner. He was not upset at all. He said they will sell all 6 of them well before winter is over. Nice guy! He also said he will explain things a bit better to the sales staff.

Glad you got your wireless working.

I went out yesterday afternoon. The ice was nice and hard. The slush froze up very solid, so about 3-4 inches of very hard ice. Mid 30's every day for a week, but mid 20's every night keeps if frozen.

My wax worms had croaked and our bait shop has gone out of business, so I went to Meijers' and bought a pack of Berkley fake worms. They look pretty much like wax worms but stink more. A pack was $4.00, but there were 75 of them. The bait shops want $2.00 for 36 waxies , so the price is about equal and the fake ones don't croak! They worked well enough. The fish suck 'em in and chew on them a bit. But they don't run with them like they do with the waxies, so you have to keep peering down the hole and yank em up when the bait disappears.

 

[Tig]

So fish are biting and you have a good heater. What more can an an ice fishin man ask for?
We are averaging one walleye a night. I tried a perch lure last night for a more subtle presentation. I've had good luck with this in the past. I got one bite and he straightened the hook out when I tried to turn him. I'm pretty sure it was a pike.
Big thaw in progress for the next couple weeks so I moved my shanty to within a half km of my place. Which is better for when I choose to walk out with my favorite beverages.
You still see cars and trucks on the bay in spite of our mild weather. 10" of ice, holes, pressure cracks, slush and water. Last night a friend of mine walked into a puddle that was actually a pressure crack that buckled down instead of up. In the water he went. He ended up with one leg in a hole. He used the hole as a foot hold to help climb the slippery slope.
Ice conditions as they are, I expect to read about a serious accident any time now.

 

[MossRoad]

Yeah. We went tubing at a local county park this weekend and their little ponds were still open. Geese and ducks. The lake I went to had open water beneath the high banks, due to water pressure in the hills forcing ground water out the bottoms. Lots of mud at the bottom of the hills, worms and robins. People always get excited about the first robins towards the end of March until I tell them I've been seeing them the first week of January for 2-3 years, now down in that mud.