01-06-2014, 08:07 PM
PBH, I second basically what Duck has said. If my wife or kids go, it is a must. I don't even set up my tent half the time I go fish, but if a breeze picks up, the temperature difference with the tent is huge. If I set up my heater then it can be 50-60 degrees in my tent (based on my cheap temperature gauge).
As for carrying, set up, etc., I load everything in a sled and it all fits just fine. It takes me less than 5 minutes to set up the tent and put 4 anchors in. Take down is just as quick. I had no idea the wind was going to be as bad Saturday as it was, and if I hadn't brought my tent with me, I would have packed up and made the long drive back to SLC with little to no fishing to show for it. I do agree though, on a nice day, nothing like sitting out in the sun on the ice.
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As for carrying, set up, etc., I load everything in a sled and it all fits just fine. It takes me less than 5 minutes to set up the tent and put 4 anchors in. Take down is just as quick. I had no idea the wind was going to be as bad Saturday as it was, and if I hadn't brought my tent with me, I would have packed up and made the long drive back to SLC with little to no fishing to show for it. I do agree though, on a nice day, nothing like sitting out in the sun on the ice.
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