01-09-2009, 06:43 AM
I currently have a [url "http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20712-cat540014&id=0043029417738a&navCount=2&podId=0043029&parentId=cat540014&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=UJ&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat540014"]Trekker T-200 Blind[/url] that I got from Cabelas on sale for $49. You basically pull it out, through it out, it pops up, you then take the 2 carbon poles and put them in like a dome tents and you're done. Set up in 1 minute or less is reasonable. The material is thinner, but it blocks most the wind and with a small portable heater in there it gets pretty warm quick. The down side is that the material isn't going to stand up to hard punishment and getting it staked down adequately to not blow away can be challenging unless you use something like those T-anchors. But if you're fishing in that high of winds you may have to worry about being drifted in. Ameristep has a similar blind called the G-20. It also is on sale frequently.
No, they aren't "real" ice fishing shelters, but they do the job and take up almost zero space and weigh about 2 lbs. Not to mention, for the price, they are hard to beat.
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No, they aren't "real" ice fishing shelters, but they do the job and take up almost zero space and weigh about 2 lbs. Not to mention, for the price, they are hard to beat.
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