JMahon Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Yesterday I bought $76 worth of jiggin raps & swedish pimples! Today I went back, & bought the 2hp Jiffy auger! It was the only gas auger they had...but for $199, can't really complain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy jennings Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hey there, I just picked up a 2 man Frabill ice hut from CTC in Oshawa. (across from Oshawa Centre) Regular 300 for only 150 ! Great deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Did yours come with the folding seats... or the 3 leg camp chairs?? Troutnmuskiehunter got the camp chairs with his... not the folding shown in the manual and like I got last year with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discophish Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 - To spend or not to spend - Over the many years I have accumulated ice fishing gear that stacks like a lead pyramid on my sled. It's getting out of control. The walks are progressively becoming a threat rather than something to look forward to. Obsession and impulse are two things that light your way through the store isles, and it makes it hard to pass by something and say "I don't need it". We have the huts, heaters, sleds, rods, tip-ups, augers, tackle bags, too many lures, snow shoes, fuel stoves, cameras, survival suits, goggles, electronics, buckets, bait buckets, lanterns/lights, chairs, gas cans, snacks and food to feed a douzen. But really, at the end of the day, I wish I went out on the ice with nothing more than some crap stuffed into my pockets to create a little more bulge to make the walk more honourable, if you know what I mean. If I really think about this, I buy 10 new lures that I don't need, try to stuff it in a tackle bag that is too full to stuff, end up using and old scuffed up rusty lure and not any of the new lures for the entire day because the walk was too exhausting and lazy to rummage through the stuffed bag that makes it impossible to find anything, rip open a package, and tie something else on. Anything new hasn't helped me catch more fish. New things only catch the consumer. I lived to tell the experience weekend after weekend, and for most of this winter. I broke my back drilling about a hundred holes this weekend in Haliburton, hauled everything out including the weight of a frothy jowled moose and 6 rabid deer, and couldn't find a fish by the end. Of course that's the way it goes. You become consumed either way ... buy stuff you don't need, and pretending to fish for fish that aren't there. At some point things get ruined when it becomes too much. I'm going to start stuffing my bulge from now on and leave the rest in the place that has no room for anything including itself. I think I wrote this because my winter wasn't so good. Cranky? Perhaps, but I still want to bulge. Disco Phish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmaster Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) Crap Tire needs to have a 50% off sale just to match the small stores retail prices lol..Buck Shots $8.99 Big Os $8.39 what a steal opps Rip Off...thing i love is when guys leave Crap Tire walk into my shop and see they just paid allmost double at CT of what i charge ... Edited March 9, 2009 by Fishmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMahon Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I agree that they are a rip off! I really only go to CT if there's a "supposed" sale to see what they got..99% of the time I leave disappointed & disgusted at their prices! Hell, I've noticed even wally mart has uped the prices on their fishing equipment! ex. A spinnerbait I could buy last year for $4.99 is now $9.69! Unless I come across a good deal, or really need something, you won't see me shoppin at these places! Hey FM, maybe you can tell me, what's the deal on the Clackin Raps? Why so expensive? Just cuz they are new? CT here has them for $14.99 & WM sellin'em for about $11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmaster Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 I agree that they are a rip off! I really only go to CT if there's a "supposed" sale to see what they got..99% of the time I leave disappointed & disgusted at their prices! Hell, I've noticed even wally mart has uped the prices on their fishing equipment! ex. A spinnerbait I could buy last year for $4.99 is now $9.69!Unless I come across a good deal, or really need something, you won't see me shoppin at these places! Hey FM, maybe you can tell me, what's the deal on the Clackin Raps? Why so expensive? Just cuz they are new? CT here has them for $14.99 & WM sellin'em for about $11 Like all Rapala Cranks they are way to much $$$ they say the retail is $14.99 in the book but they go by 70 to 100% mark up I use a way lower mark up instead thats why i sell a ton of Rapala Cranks for $10.99 and thats even to much money for a lure in my books ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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