Creative Smarthub Setups For Ice Fishing

Rapala’s SmartHub System of mounts and accessories make it easy to take your ice fishing organization and angling efficiency to the next level. Whether you’re needing to fully outfit fishing stations in a permanent ice house, customize a portable ice fishing shelter or accessorize a 5-gallon pail, there’s a SmartHub solution perfect for your fishing style and needs. To demonstrate the awesome utility and benefits of the Track System 16, Rod Holder, Workstation and other innovative items in this Rapala product line, here’s a photo-heavy guide on various creative SmartHub setups. 

Installing the SmartHub Track System 16 in a permanent ice house creates a multitude of possibilities for organizing fishing gear and maximizing the interior space’s overall fishability. Mounting holes spaced at 16” and 24” on centre make it straightforward to secure a track to standard wall studs. Each Track comes with three SmartHub Flat Mount connectors, which can be adjusted, then locked in place to ensure the perfect positioning of SmartHub accessories. Extra mounts can also be added to the Track System.

A SmartHub Workstation installed on a Track System 16 serves as a “mission control” setup to keep essential ice fishing items organized and accessible. Catering to the needs of hard-water anglers, the Workstation’s features include folding work area, easy-open clear lid compartments, lure storage, slotted foam, perimeter holes, and drop-in slots for pliers, scissors and other tools.

Connecting Rod Storage holders on a SmartHub Track System is a great way to keep 13 Fishing rod combos organized and out of harm’s way, yet accessible when needed.

Connecting a SmartHub Adjustable Arm to a Track is a popular SmartHub setup with content creators needing to capture stellar footage with a GoPro or other action camera. The Adjustable Arm’s built-in 3/4”, 1/4-20 bolt also attaches to Aqua-Vu and MarCum ice fishing underwater cameras.

Another creative SmartHub setup for permanent ice houses is interlocking multiple Track System 16s above two side-by-side ice fishing holes. Connect a Rattle Reel, Rod Holder, Workstation and Cupholder and you’re all set for a full day, or night, of ice fishing.

The SmartHub Track System can be mounted either horizontally or vertically to a wall. This allows anglers to have multiple Tracks and accessories close together and maximize the interior fishability of an ice out.

The SmartHub Flat Mount can also be mounted independently to any flat surface, giving anglers more options for customizing an ice fishing shelter’s fishing layout to best suit their needs.

SmartHub mounts and accessories excel for customizing portable ice fishing shelters. For instance, a flip-over shelter’s sled base is ripe for rigging with a Track System 16, Flat Mounts and various SmartHub accessories. Here are a couple other created SmartHub setups for portable ice shelters.

The SmartHub Clamp Mount is ideal for tricking-out pop-up and flip-over ice fishing shelters. The Clamp easily attaches to portable shelter frame poles, round and square tubing, and edges up to 1-1/4 inches. Attaching a SmartHub Adjustable Arm to the Clamp Mount is a popular setup for capturing captivating fishing images and video using a GoPro or another POV camera inside a portable shelter. The same SmartHub configuration can also be used with an underwater camera for easy viewing inside a portable ice hut.

Combine the SmartHub Rod Holder and Clamp Mount provide a straightforward solution to perfect positioning a dead-stick rod. Tight on space? Skip the rod and a SmartHub Rattle Reel as a set-line.

The advantages of SmartHub products are not limited to permanent and portable ice shelters. For example, the SmartHub System makes it easy to accessorize and organize ice fishing gear on Smitty sleds as well as rugged roto-moulded ice fishing sleds.

Even basic 5-gallon pails and live-bait buckets can have their fishability enhanced thanks to the SmartHub Bucket Mount. Designed for installation on curved surfaces, this mount allows for many bucket rigging options, such as attaching a Rod Holder for a dead-sticking setup, using an Adjustable Arm with a POV action camera to capture video and photographs, and securing an R12 Lithium Aerator to keep minnows in peak condition.

The above are merely a few creative ways anglers are using Rapala’s SmartHub System to enhance their ice fishing efficiency and gear organization. So what are you waiting for? Get some SmartHub mounts and accessories, and see for yourself how these innovative products will improve your experience on the ice and help you catch more fish.