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From live bait to our amazing selection of inventory for Marine Electronics,Yetti Fish House 's with rentals to Guided & Rigging Installs!

Have you been wanting to try our Yetti Fish House rentals? Now is the chance without paying full price! 🎣 WIN A 2-NIGHT ...
09/04/2026

Have you been wanting to try our Yetti Fish House rentals? Now is the chance without paying full price!

🎣 WIN A 2-NIGHT YETTI FISH HOUSE EXPERIENCE! ❄️

Big Fish Encounters is excited to support the Beehive Bash for a Cause with an awesome raffle prize for our fellow fishing enthusiasts!

🏆 WIN A 2-NIGHT YETTI FISH HOUSE RENTAL EXPERIENCE in Hayward, WI!

Spend two nights enjoying the Northwoods and making memories on the ice — without having to own the fish house! 🎣❄️

🎟️ RAFFLE SQUARES AVAILABLE NOW!
💰 $20 per square pe 2 for $30
🔢 Pick your lucky number 1–100
🏆 ONE winner takes the 2-night experience!

OPEN NUMBERS:
2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97

📲 Comment below with the number(s) you want!

***Vemmo or cash/check

💜 Proceeds support those living with Dementia in our Community and the local Memory Choirs 🎶

***Need not be present to win***

Please SHARE — let’s fill this board! 🐝🎣

Today is the day, our 2027 Yetti Fish House rental season books are officially open, our 10th anniversary in fact! Hop ...
09/01/2026

Today is the day, our 2027 Yetti Fish House rental season books are officially open, our 10th anniversary in fact! Hop onto https://bigfishencounters.com/pages/ice-shack-rentals to reserve your ice fishing adventure near Hayward Wisconsin.

We hope to have the smaller shacks on ice by January 1st and the larger shacks generally 7-10 days later. Unfortantely we do not offer rentals prior to January 1st unless the cosmos align. The last two years have been excellent conditions and there is murmurs of a mild winter so we shall pray for cold!!

Weekends fill fast especially if Monday is a Holiday and there are (currently) 7 shacks to choose from. Starting with a cozy 6'x12' two person sleeper all the way up to an 8'x24' that can accomodate a family of 7! We have almost every size that Yetti currently produces.

All of our houses can be rented in combination that we place next to each other if you have a group. To ensure we know to place them by each other I ask that you book all shacks under one reservation/one name. Each shack has a maximum adult limit that is smaller than the capacity. I.e. Yetti 6.0 can fit 6 but has a four adult maximum, watch your capacity when booking please as we won't allow over limit check ins!

I have dropped the Snowdog rental this year, the unreliability of their machine is just not worth getting your hopes up! We are exploring other options for rentable transportation and will update when confirmed.

Speaking of transportation on ice, we haul you out in our tracked Rangers. With the varying conditions in Hayward and no plowed roads we do not allow car and trucks to our rentals. We do allow you to bring an ATV, UTV or Snowmobile though as long as conditions allow!

We have added another tracked 6 seater to our arsenal this year as well to help with speedier check ins, to do your part with that please pack light, the shacks are well stocked with all your cooking and utensil needs.

As always our goal is and will remain a family friendly environment and we ask that you leave your heavy drinking or disruptive friends at home. Grab the family, old friends, new friends, co-workers and come on up to what could be your next Big Fish Encounter!

PS if ya have it in ya wish our wonderful daughters a Happy Birthday with Emma turning 15 tomorrow and Nova turning 9 one week later!

One of the most important and convenient pieces for converting your ice bundle into an all season fish catching machine ...
08/22/2026

One of the most important and convenient pieces for converting your ice bundle into an all season fish catching machine is the LarMac 360 LLC track mount for Arc Lab shuttles. You bolt a Quick dock plate onto the top and slide it into 3" wide tracks made by numerous companies.

They are easy to install, turns with firm pressure so it will not rotate on its own and very sturdy! Guide and rigger approved in my opinion. How many of you are running one?

Giveaway alert!!! First correct guess wins a Norsk Lithium swag pack for answering the question at the bottom of post.No...
08/19/2026

Giveaway alert!!! First correct guess wins a Norsk Lithium swag pack for answering the question at the bottom of post.

Now that I have your attention, a fresh batch of Arc Lab Shuttles arrived and we are already building em with the new Livescope 2! Both the LVS42HD Ice and the LVS44 transducers are in stock now, we can set them up with a plethora of screen options including the Ultra 10, 12 or 16" units, the new 9000 series of units with 4k resolution or the remaining 8000 units at a smoking deal.

Comparing ducer size to that of the Livescope XR they are not very compact now that the brains are inside of the transducer. The weight has definitely improved tho. These are all powered by the 30 or 50ah Norsk batteries and wired in house with a full warranty and customer service to boot!

Now here is that giveaway question, How much does this Ultra 10 Deluxe Shuttle with 30ah battery and LVS42HD Ice transducer set up weigh? (The custom Blue one) I am looking for a decimal weight in pounds, i.e. 54.78 pounds (the weight everyone claimed the first livescope ice bundle was going to weigh oh so many years ago)

As for those 8000 units we are getting down to the end of them and when they gone they gone!
GPSmap 8610 $1899.99 8610xsv $2099.99
GPSmap 8612 $2799.99 8612xsv $3099.99
GPSmap 8616 $4399.99 8616xsv $4699.99
While supplies last, free shipping no sales tax outside of Wi and Mn.

Here is a small tidbit for the bigger boats looking to add a 72" trolling motor. Minnkota is out of stock for the seaso...
08/18/2026

Here is a small tidbit for the bigger boats looking to add a 72" trolling motor. Minnkota is out of stock for the season on 72" Terrova Quest models, the warehouse is out of them as is all of our distributors we purchase through.

That said I was able to track down three of them and they are available to you the best Big Fish customers arround! So if you know someone searching for one without luck or if we had to put an Ulterra on instead of a Terrova reach out before they are gone!

DSC Sonar, Brushless Motor, $3799.99 plus tax, we accept cash, check or card with a 3% CC Fee, I will only ship within speedee range at actual cost. Delivery set for tomorrow afternoon, install available after September 1st if needed!

Before, during and after of a JL Audio M3 Speaker install in a Ranger 620. Have to love a clean hole when rigging boats...
08/17/2026

Before, during and after of a JL Audio M3 Speaker install in a Ranger 620. Have to love a clean hole when rigging boats and you just dont find that when using a hole saw.

08/14/2026

The Garmin wall at Big Fish Encounters is looking sharp!

Do you have a Yetti Fish House and want to minimize your generator usage? We can upgrade you to the Norsk Lithium batte...
08/13/2026

Do you have a Yetti Fish House and want to minimize your generator usage? We can upgrade you to the Norsk Lithium batteries for a full weekend of silence!

What about your fridge? No worries we have had the fridge going for a month and it is at 100% every day thanks to the solar panels we installed. Now what about the food in your fridge? Sure you were plugged in while you were gone but did the last storm knock out power and possibly spoil the food which is now cold again?

Inverter back up with lithium batteries can save you a headache and possibly some food poisioning! With the Victron App you can even look backwards and confirm loss of power events or lack thereof.

Do you camp or adventure with your fish house? We run a window AC unit instead of a power hungry rooftop model for less than 600 watts of energy traded for comfort. Once cooled it uses much less to maintain temperature.

You invested in a fish house now set it up for success at Big Fish this fall with packages starting at 2k and going up from there!

Livescope 2 is officially on the shelf, all preorders have been fullfilled and we will be building Arc Lab bundles with ...
08/12/2026

Livescope 2 is officially on the shelf, all preorders have been fullfilled and we will be building Arc Lab bundles with the Ice transducers as soon as those arrive!

We may not have a Marina on the Great Lakes but we certainly work on a lot of great lakes boats thanks to our central lo...
08/06/2026

We may not have a Marina on the Great Lakes but we certainly work on a lot of great lakes boats thanks to our central location! In fact its only a bit over 2 hours to Lake Superior and 3 hours to Green Bay. That same 3 hours the opposite direction will put us on Mille Lacs even.

Many have learned it is worth the drive for the knowledge and attention to detail that Big Fish offers! When it comes to the big water a radar is not just a luxury it is crucial in getting back safely when the fog rolls in.

Radars need to be mounted above your line of sight to avoid RF Radiation and the best way to accomplish this is to install a Fish On Sports Radar Arch. While not your typical candidate for an arch this Warrior 238 lives solely on big water!

We raised the dome above the level of the reels for a full 360° view while also tipping it down just a couple of degrees to ensure it sees targets in front of the boat, especially when you start nosing the bow up in rougher weather.

Some arches bolt right up, this arch we had to make fit. Each tube was trimmed and holes positioned to toe in the front legs, the zipwake controller was relocated and mounting plates were fabricated to match the boat nicely!

If you fish a ton you can even add a visor similar to a bimini to keep the sun off the driver, from there night vision and solar are a simple addition as is a starlink for communication in no mans land. I chose that route on my own boat and I do not have to plug in to charge.

Want to outfit your boat to match your drive? Get on the schedule before September if you want it to happen this year!

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8402 Commerce Parkway
Chippewa Falls, WI
54729

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