Fish House Nation Podcast

Welcome to the Fish House Nation Podcast… I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas… we’ll be back with another episode later this week. Today’s episode is another interview from the St. Paul Ice Show. Our guest is Kyle Bjorkman from Core Ice. Core has some gorgeous new houses for the 2024-25 season. They are emphasizing a custom design and look in their new product line. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

The St. Paul Ice Fishing Show is wrapped up and we’ve had some great ice-making weather recently. We have fishable ice throughout the ice belt. Today’s show is an interview with Tim Hilte from Ambush Outdoor Products. They have some awesome skid houses and wheelhouses. I was a little under the weather during the interview so my voice is a little crunchy.

Jon Marshall from Marshall & Hanson joins the Fish House Nation Podcast to discuss the upcoming 2024 St. Paul Ice Fishing Show. Jon and his company represent some of the top brands in ice fishing including Eskimo, Ion Augers, MarCum Technologies, Catch & Cook, and more. Topics include what ice anglers can expect at the show this year, deals at the show, ice camping, and the upcoming ice fishing season. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

Joe Henry from the Lake of the Woods Tourism joins the Fish House Nation Podcast for Episode #185. We discuss the summer season on Lake of the Woods, Joe's forecast for ice fishing on Lake of the Woods, and tips and tricks for catching more walleyes on Lake of the Woods. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

Meteorologist Todd Heitkamp joins the Fish House Nation Podcast to discuss the outlook for the upcoming ice fishing season weather. Todd has good news for ice-fishing anglers! Cold temperatures appear to be headed to the Upper Midwest this year. We also talk about the upcoming 2024 Dakota Ice Institute. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

We wheelhouse anglers long for thick ice, allowing us to drive our trucks and houses out on the ice. By that time, walleyes living under the ice have usually seen a fair bit of pressure from those venturing out for the early ice walleye bonanza. Wheelhouse walleye fishing is an experience all its own but for those anglers who want to enjoy ice fishing walleyes at its finest, early ice may be the best opportunity.

Check out our blog here: https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

Advanced lithium batteries and solar power are on the cusp of changing how we power our fish houses. But we’re not quite there yet and the vast majority of wheelhouse ice fishing is done with generators. Here are five great tips for generators when it comes to ice fishing.

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It’s late July and summer is beginning to wind down. If you haven’t taken your wheelhouse camping yet, it’s a great time to get it out on the road and find a place to set up for the weekend or even longer. Wheelhouse manufacturers are building increasingly more creature comforts into their designs and today’s ice fishing houses are no longer limited to use on the ice. Many of them are truly year-round models with features like full kitchens and baths, air conditioning, and entertainment systems. Here are some of the big advantages of summer camping in an ice fishing house. For more information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/the-advantages-of-summer-camping-from-a-wheelhouse/

Captain Ross Robertson from Bigwater Fishing joins the Fish House Nation Podcast for Episode #180. Ross is primarily an open-water walleye guide on Lake Erie but he does do some trips during the short ice season on Lake Erie and he travels throughout the ice belt for a few destination ice trips every year. On today’s show, we discuss fishing new water. We dig into his trip to Cascade but a lot of what he talks about applies to just about any body of water and it works for both open water and ice fishing. For more fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/

Episode #179 of the Fish House Nation Podcast features one of my favorite personalities and a guy we’ve had on the show a few times, it’s Pat Kalmerton. Pat is a charter captain on Lake Michigan but also does a ton of ice fishing on the big lake. Today, we’re talking panfish. Panfish are almost everyone’s first love when it comes to fishing and Pat definitely has a special place in his heart for panfish. For more ice fishing information, visit https://catchcover.com/read-blog-articles/