Spear/Fish house combo

[Reel Um In]

With Christmas coming up fast I'd like to make my father a Spearing/Fishing house. Is there anyone who would be willing to share a floor plan or pictures that would show how to make one? I would like there to be at least 2 fishing holes along with the spear hole, and in a perfect world if the plans had bunks in them that would be awesome!

Thanks for Your help

[waterbound]

I think this thread is pretty much exactly what you're looking for! Or it should at least be a start... http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2070922/New_Perm_Shack_Build#Post2070922

[Brad B]

I would be careful with this because of what is wrote on page 61 of the fishing regs. "A person may take fish by angling in a dark house if only ONE angling line is in use and any fish caught is immediately released or placed on the ice."

I would take this as if 2 people where in a house that had a opened spear hole that you could get tagged for violating the above rule, but if you where to move the house off the spear hole and just drill 2 fishing holes then you would be okay

[mn_bowhunter]

It doesn't matter if you have a spear hole. If you want to fish in a spear house and not get hassled you just need to put the spear outside. That's all my dad and I did when we wanted to fish before the reg change. As far as adding bunks to a spear house, this should be obvious but make sure the spear hole has a well built cover so no one falls in the water.

[drakerebel]

ReelUmIn, if you want to wait a couple days, i'm in the middle of building just what you say. it's a 4x7 (interior dimension) that has a 2x3 spearing hole on one end with 2 angling holes on the other.

sorry, but mine will not have bunks, you must be thinking of making a bigger house.

i made the floor with 2x10's for skids and treated 2x4's for the rest of floor. walls are 2x2's. it has 1/4" hardboard on the inside, insulated walls and polebarn steel for the exterior and roof.

i stuck the campchair in their last night after sheeting the interior and it was suprisingly roomy.

[drakerebel]

that is, i'll have pics in a couple days

[Reel Um In]

Yeah i'd be interested in that. I'd like to see the pictures once your finished. As for the regs. if you put a cover over the spear hole does that make it legal to just fish then?

[waterbound]

If you aren't spearing you can use two lines per person. I suppose you could put a cover over the spear hole, although I think it would probably look a little suspicious to a CO. I would suggest leaving the spear outside if you will be using two lines each.

[bassNspear]

reel um in, check out the spearing fourm. There is alot of people there that can help with this type of floor plan as well!

[mn_bowhunter]

Another bonus of the spear hole is if you are getting lots of small pike you can set the spear outside and angle with a minnow. They absolutely crush them and it's cool to see.

[merkman]

The spear counts as one line.

If you have a spear in the house the person using the spear beter not have more than one line down with a hook on it.

It is perfectly legal for 2 people to be in a house with one person having 2 fishing lines and the other having one fishing line and a spear.

It is also legal for 2 people in one house to each have a spear and one line with hooks.

There are plenty of 2 man dark houses out there.

And yes, if the spear is not in the house it is also perfectly legal to sight fish though the spear hole with 2 lines per person.

[Gissert]

There is a thread on the spearing form for the combo house I am building. It started on skids, then it sprouted wheels.

Here's the link

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ub...nty#Post1959278