Noah B Woodworks

I ended up taking my Friday off to ice fish Lake St. Clair. I needed to return a buddy heater to the Bass Pro that was close by so I figured that Lake St. Clair would be a good look. When I got off work on Wednesday, I picked up a cheap set of antique downhill skis off Facebook marketplace. I turned them into a smitty sled for my shanty. The smitty sled collapses down, and was made from scrap 2×4 and scrap hardwood. It only took a couple of hours, and does its job very well. It’s much easier to pull the shanty on a sled than to carry it. I needed the sled to collapse down because my car is at capacity when it comes to gear. I caught one singular perch on Lake St. Clair and the fish were being very finicky. I was at about 9.2 feet of depth.

My brother, stepdad and I went up to an inland lake on my Saturday. We ended up catching a lot more panfish and it was so fun. It’s nice to have a decent quality shanty, as there was some wind and it was very chilly. I’m struggling to focus on just about anything else. Work this week already feels like an enormous slog, and I’ve got a dentist appointment on Wednesday. It’s just one of those weeks living in Michigan where the gnarly-ness of the winter season has caught up with everyone.

As far as woodworking goes, it’s so cold that it’s difficult to do anything. I started work on a walnut pipe that I’d like to continue working on. I’m still unable to glue anything outside. I uploaded a video about the tessellated box, and I most definitely need to make another one. I’d like the next one to be either a humidor or puzzle box. I also need to create the jigs for the joinery of the box top and bottom.