Show off your spear shacks!

[ac777]

Just started designing a "permanent" Hope I can get it done before this season starts. With harvest wrapping up I should have some time to work on it. SO lets see what you got, inside and out!

[merkman]

Here is the 8X8 Canvas Craft Northlander Portable, from last year... Complete with Moat (hopefully we won't have the moat this year)

[merkman]

Inside of a 4X6 portable I used to have.

[MJ1657]

I'm going to start building a house as well. What do you guys suggest on size for two people. I am thinking 5x6 or 6x6. I will build it with the door on one end and the hole straight ahead on the other end. Most of the time the other person with will just be watching. Two of us sat in my 4x6 last year but it was a little bit tight. I know bigger is better but I would like it fairly light because I will have to move it myself most of the time.

Any other tips or pics would be great.

[merkman]

My 8X8 has more than enough room.

I can move it myself but it does get heavy.

I agree that the 4X6 is a little too small for 2

I wouldn't go under 6X6 for 2 people.

(5X6 maybe.. but that is still tight)

You could get by real nice with a 6X8.

I guess some of the questions would be

What size fits nice in your vehicle as far as hauling?

Will you haul it on a trailer etc?

How mobile does it need to be?

How will you store it in the off season?

How big of hole do you like to use?

18 inch vs 24 or 30 inch deep will take up different amounts of floor space.

In my 8x8 I have 2 30"x46" holes.

I don't think you would need to go deeper than 30" but BNS has a much larger hole.

[DaMoose]

A 4X8 works well with door at each end and the hole in the middle. This has a 32" X 48" hole in the center and leaves 32" X 48" on each end to sit.

[MJ1657]

Thanks for the ideas Merk.

Hauling it isnt an issue I have several trailers. I also have a sled to haul houses on the ice that can be pulled behind my sled or atv.

It doesn't have to be real mobile I plan to leave it on one lake and move it a couple times possibly.

My current house has a 30x36 hole and I was thinking on going with a 30x42.

I'll store it in my pole shed in the off season.

[merkman]

You pretty much have one of these 3 options as far as floor plan choices.

I have heard of people talking about making triangular holes in 2 of the 4 corners but I have never seen a house set up like that in real life.

[MJ1657]

I am going with option 2. I'm going to go with one hole. Most of the time I will be spearing by myself. I had some kids and friends sit with me a few times last year in my 4x6.5 and they really enjoyed it. Especially when the kids could fish for bass and sunfish out of the spear hole while sitting there. I just want a little extra space.

[bassNspear]

outside shot of my NORTHLANDER from Canvas Craft!! Best in the BIZ!!

Inside of my house. The spearing hole is bar none the biggest you will ever see. If you are cuttting it out with a auger, its 7.5 accross and 5.5 down.

THe red dot is where i have my reel attacked to my floor. Its a awesome set up. Reason i like it this way is that if a pike comes in and smokes my decoy, and runs with it, it wont snap, it will take line, and 99.99% of the time i get it back without a break!

Northlander By Canvas Craft! Best in the Biz!!

[bassNspear]

biggest thing to keep in mind when your going to cut the floor, is how many people you want in there to be able to see. For my house, i have 2-3 people in there all the time, and if i was going to have a hole on the other side of my house, along with the one i already have, i wouldnt have enough room to be able to sit 2-3 or more guys comfortable, even with the house beeing a 8X8 house. The more room you have on the back side of the house, the better you are.

Keep in mind that you are going to have to be able to move around and put the fish somewhere, along with your gear!

[Gordie]

Option 2 is what I have in one of my 6x8 portables and it works great you can see alot when both holes are opened up

[BOUNCED]

BNS How do you ever swim a decoy with the reel set up like that?

Maybe that's why you like those Bear creeks, you've never seen one "swim"

[Gordie]

LOL spearhead

[merkman]

BNS How do you ever swim a decoy with the reel set up like that?

He swims them like this:

He has his brother cut his hole.... the live decoy swims his fake decoy.... Elwood bakes his brownies.... his brother cleans the fish..... Maybe he is on to sumtin?

Brotherhood!!!

[BOUNCED]

With that set up why not just use an empty Budweiser can? Better paint job, swims the same?

[merkman]

With that set up why not just use an empty Budweiser can? Better paint job, swims the same?

Or just empty another Budweiser can... it will look better!!

[Gordie]

Before he says it I will You guys are outta control

[bassNspear]

ha ha. I dont use that weight on the line at all. With it set up that way, they are swiming together. Its worked for my for ever, and i will never change the way i do it.

[BOUNCED]

Maybe I should give him one I made a couple years ago

[bassNspear]

ha ha, thats cool! I would rather have a miller high life one!

[glenn57]

only problem i see using a bud can is ya would have to dump the beer out first! cant drink the stuff!!!!!!! that is a cool lookin deke though!!!!!!!!!

[Gordie]

that decoy is sweet now lets see you do a Bud Lite

Never change BNS You dont know what your misssing... change is good.

[Laska]

Ill give him one of my northerns, bigger,swims 200% better with the same profile ill even let him pick the color, theres still hope for him!

spearhead-nice job on the diesel deak