Plans for a portable shelter?

[possiblestructure]

Looking for any plans/instructions for a collapsable ice shelter. Not looking for plans using wood.

Any help out there?

[Pitts]

Not quite sure what you are looking for but this is my .02 worth.
I have fished from many different houses and with lots of people in other houses.
The plastic bottom pullover houses are great for mobility but in my opinion they are small and are not as warm as a solid bottom house. It is also not worth the effort to buy the material have it sewn, bend the conduit, buy the hardware and the plastic base and construct it yourself. Figured it out once and the savings were less than 100$. I built a 4*8 wooden bottom with fold over ends that I like but it is fairly heavy and you need a sled to pull out on thinner ice 3to6 inches after that it is the ATV and a trailer or when the ice is 14" I will go with a vehicle. There are lots of plans for these out there and cavas Co's. have precut canvas for this size mine cost about 140$ to build and I used cedar trim and stained it when I was done doors in both ends is very nice. I've fished with guys in a real cold snap 39 below and windy (extreme) and they had frabill speedshack. They had 2 sunflowers working and I had one they froze we fished with our coats off. They are a nice house though in most conditions and are easy to set up and also they pull easily by hand on thin ice.
If I were going to buy a fold over house it would be the biggest Otter they have (two sided) which will fish 4 comfortably and they must have zippered doors otherwise you get rid of the seal around the bottom every time you flip it up. You may find plans on the net and there might be some Co. out there that sews the cavas for one of these.
Good luck in your search and let us know what you find.
Praying for good hard water this year.
Pitts

[LMckeown]

I also built a wooden one, plywood on the floor,ends, and a tarp over it's not heavy at all, I pull it over thin ice by myself untill it's thick enough for the atv.Now you got me thinking about bay of quinte ice fishing up here in Ontario, Canada.

[Phil T.]

Check the links in #####://mnic.net/%7Ejbusby/iceangler.html and #####://blacklakeny.com/links/linksice.html. Or do a websearch of your own for icefishing shelters, icefishing houses, or icefishing shanties.