After withstanding snow, sleet and freezing Arctic breezes this winter, your Otter portable ice shelter must survive one last challenge – you! Continue reading
Mar
31
Otter Ice House Storage Tips
Category Archives: Tips
Mar
31
Polaris Snowmobile Storage Tips
An hour spent today prepping your snow machine for off-season storage will save you a big headache – and potentially a pretty penny – next ice-fishing season. Before storing your Polaris, follow these simple preventative measures to prolong its life. Continue reading
Dec
18
Ice Trolling With Tony Roach
Whether you run and gun like Tony Roach, or just want to lighten your load, MarCum’s ShowDown Troller 2.0 [Product 'SHWDT-2.0' not found!] is the most portable and powerful tool to scout structure and find biting fish under the ice. Continue reading
Dec
18
Pro Tips Using The Top 4 Ice Fishing Lure Styles
Lace up the right lure at the right time and you’ll put more fish on the ice. To help you do so, ICE FORCE enlisted four top pros to share tips for using the top-four ice-fishing lure styles – spoons, jig-and-plastic combos, rattlebaits and minnow-imitators. Continue reading
Nov
26
New VMC Ice Jigs & Spoons Designed With Input From ICE FORCE Pros
Serious Ice anglers have a new battery of weapons this winter – five jigs and four spoons from VMC. Forged from top-quality materials with input from ICE FORCE pros, these new baits bring to life a wish list of ice fishing’s top sticks. Continue reading
Nov
26
Travel Light At First Ice With Lazer Hand Auger, Glide-Lite Sled and Troller 2.0
Traveling light at first-ice doesn’t mean hitting the hardwater without the best tools for the job. From augers, to sleds, to sonar units, ICE FORCE has all you need to hole hop safely and successfully on early ice. Continue reading
Nov
26
Ice Fishing Insights From ICE FORCE Pro Quintin Biermann
A master of the shallow-water, flat-land bites of South Dakota’s Glacial Lakes and Prairie Region, Quintin Biermann tackles walleyes with an aggressive approach and has a soft spot for sumo panfish as well. Continue reading
Nov
13
Replace Your Auger’s Fuel, Oil, Before First Ice
Before your yard’s last mow this fall, fill your LawnBoy with the gas left in your StrikeMaster auger.
“When the days shorten and the nights chill, that’s my cue to feed my old auger gas to the lawnmower and weed whipper,” says ICE FORCE Pro James Holst, host of In-Depth Outdoors TV on the Fox Sports North channel. “I don’t care if they don’t run. If they don’t, I might get out of some yard work!” Continue reading
Nov
13
Time To Check Batteries, Prepare Your Marcum Sonar For Another Season
When the sky starts going scarlet before supper, that’s your sign to reach for your red MarCum soft-pack and pull your sonar out of storage. Continue reading
Nov
13
A 60-Cent Sticky-Zipper Fix And Other Ice Shelter Prep Tricks
Forget your lips, apply Chapstick to your teeth – the zipper teeth on your Otter ice shelter, that is.
“Just a simple run of Chapstick up and down that zipper and you’ll never have a jam up,” says ICE FORCE pro “Jonny P” Petrowske, a full-time guide on Upper Red Lake. Continue reading