Looking to design where my holes will be inside my 2 man portable flip over. I've come up with two options and wanted to see if other has other suggestions or prefer option #1 or #2.

Option #1: 5 holes (like a dice). 2 straight out from each seat for fishing (close hole jigging, far hole dead stick) and the middle hole of the five for my camera.

Option #2: 3 holes parallel to the sled (holes right in front of the sled). 2 of these front holes for jigging (in front of each seat) with the middle of these 3 being for the camera and 2 holes in the far corners for dead sticks. Seems like having the camera in this position will allow easy access to move it.

I'm laying out the design to determine where to cut holes in my fatigue mats to put down on the ice.

Thanks!

I like the dice idea. I have a one man flip and I do a 3 (as in dice) Close hole for jigging, middle hole for vex/camera, far hole as deadstick. works great for me. then you still have 2 corners open for heater/pails/other stuff.

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I set mine like this

I do 3 in a triangle for sight fishing, 2 for fishing 1 for looking, with a camera I drill the camera hole center of the shack and pull the tub about 1/4 over the hole and just drill 2 holes about 30" from the tub about 18" apart. Of course I have a huge 3 man and can configure holes to best suit the structure.

If im alone I do three holes.

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If im with another person then its 4 holes.

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Either way the extra hole is for the fishfinder so it doesnt get tangled up with a fish.

When I have another persron with, we do tip ups outside to keep tangles to a minimum.

When Im by myself, I like to have the loner hole set up with a deadstick and set the vexilar in the middle hole so I can watch both baits. Usually the fish come in and check out whatever Im jiggin on the first hole, then head over and slam the deadstick.

If I fish 2 people and conditions allow we always but the flasher in the middle and share one... I usually put 2nd lines outside on tip ups unless I'm by myself. Need room for heaters and minnow bucket etc.

Most of the time i have a buddy with me.We both have cameras and flashers for after dark. Here`s the layout. The cameras are right next to our legs on the edge of the sled.The flasher and fish holes are in a triangle.
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I usually fish alone in a two man. I generally drill one hole. A camera is neat, but really just tells me what i already know. I usually fish when and where fish are feeding so just fish a more agressive style, using all concentration to that one pole. A seperate hole for the vex would probably be good, but i guess if one gets off, i will just catch another, dont keep most of what i catch anyways. Seems for me, the more equipment i have in the water and time invested in a spot, the less likely i would be to move, or tend to lose some focus spreading too much attention to too many items.

I here you there. I like the gadgets, but I like to keep it simple at times, too. Mo-bility = Mo-fish.

I prefer to move quite a bit. I generally only drill 2 holes. 3 at most and only put one dead stick. If I know I am going to stay I will sometimes stagger the holes and have 4.. There really is no perfect way to have 4-5 holes in a flip over.. just have to make do the best you can.

I can and have fished 3 guys in my shack with 9 holes total and there was still room left. A normal set up for the wife and I is 6 holes.

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Mine are the same as USDA3's. Ones closest to eh sled out a little more from the side, ones closest to the front more towards teh corners(run a deadstick to those holes).

Personally I'd sterr away from a "dice" layout as having a hole in the middle of the floor will probably be a pain getting in and out using the door (depending on type of shack I guess, and size of auger. With my 10" I suspect there'd be some wet boots!))

I usually dont run a camera, but if I do drill a hole for the camera it will be in between the 2 holes closest to the sled, i also sometimes drill a "livewell" hole in that spot.

YIkes, I would have lost something down a hole for sure!!.. LMAO. I would have to assume your house is quite a bit larger than mine.. I have a Otter Cabin, which is a small 2 man or a large 1 man.

Eskimo QFIII yes its large, some have called it a castle.