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Plans for an Ice fishing tarp shanty. I hate the 0!&#(* wind when I am ice fishing (although we haven't had an ice up yet this whole year). It occurred to me a tarp spread over a maybe 4 1/2 or 5 foot frame, closed on 3 sides and top and open on 1 side, might be a perfect place to stay out of the wind. I can't be the only 1 who thought of this. Any one seen any plans for something like this?
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I haven't seen any plans, but I have seen several homemade shanties like you're describing. The best are constructed with hinges or pins at the joints so you can fold it to fit in the back of the truck. Also, make sure you anchor it to a floor of some kind (plywood works, plastic lasts longer). That way, you set your chair on the floor, and your weight keeps it from blowing away in the wind you're trying to hide from without having to anchor to the ice somehow. If you're feeling really ambitious, you can cut a pair of holes in the floor to fish through so you can sit further back and more out of the wind.
I don't know if you're familiar with the primitive diamond shelter, but it is a square tarp with 3 corners pegged down and the remaining corner held up to form a triangular tent with an open front. You would need a square tarp about 10' x 10', a telescoping tent pole, a 12' length of rope, and four of those screw in ice tie-down pegs used to secure the pop-up ice shanties.
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I don't know if you're familiar with the primitive diamond shelter, but it is a square tarp with 3 corners pegged down and the remaining corner held up to form a triangular tent with an open front. You would need a square tarp about 10' x 10', a telescoping tent pole, a 12' length of rope, and four of those screw in ice tie-down pegs used to secure the pop-up ice shanties.
I haven't seen any plans, but I have seen several homemade shanties like you're describing. The best are constructed with hinges or pins at the joints so you can fold it to fit in the back of the truck. Also, make sure you anchor it to a floor of some kind (plywood works, plastic lasts longer). That way, you set your chair on the floor, and your weight keeps it from blowing away in the wind you're trying to hide from without having to anchor to the ice somehow. If you're feeling really ambitious, you can cut a pair of holes in the floor to fish through so you can sit further back and more out of the wind.
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