Hi I'm Tom Roering, the inventor of Wilcraft.
Wilcraft is a drivable amphibious ice fishing vehicle. "Wil" stands for Water, Ice, and Land.
The Wilcraft project started back in 1998 out of the desire to ice fish safer, more
conveniently, and be more mobile on the ice.
The product evolved over a six year period, and some of the photos on the wall are photos
of some of our prototypes starting off with just a basic johnboat. Six wheel drive, four
wheel drive, two wheel drive, you name it and we probably did it.
The Wilcraft is designed to bring one onto the ice in a very convenient, mobile, and
safe fashion. It's set up much like your summer fishing boat, electronics in place,
ice augur, lunch, beverages.
Once you're on the ice, drill your holes, line up the holes that are inside the Wilcraft,
press a couple switches to drop the hull onto the ice, which seals out the airflow from
coming into your shelter.
Ice is never predictable and so each year there is loss of property and there is loss
of life, as well as the endeavor of getting your equipment out onto the ice. It's very
labor intensive. So the Wilcraft pretty much addresses all these issues.
There's indirect competition. To do what we're doing, it can be done in a number of different
ways as simple as a guy walking out with a bucket. Are these guys competition? Well,
it's a product that does the same job, but as far as the design, the features that
the Wilcraft has, it's in a class all by itself.
It is the only one that is a drivable amphibious ice fishing vehicle.