Spearing from a portable

[Meadow Creek]

Has anyone used a portable for spearing, and what are the new rules allowing spearing and angling in the same house.

[Walleye Rueben]

I speared for years from a portable (the old Mankato Tent and Awning suitcase style). It works great. I just upgraded to the Fishtrap Voyager after spearing from a friend's last year. Portables are just fine, as long as you have one with a dark fabric. The Voyager is plenty dark, but the new Fishtrap X models have a lighter ceiling and don't block enough light.

With the flop-over portables, be careful when exiting your shelter. The ice is slippery and the spear hole is big!

Good luck spearing!

[Hooliganz]

hey guys how big of a hole do you cut when using your portables?? 3'x2'? I am going to use my otter this year and wondering how safely you can get in and out door thanks for info. do you guys attach a rope to the sled just in case?

[Trouthunter]

what about when you guys leave the lake and you leave a 3'x2' hole in the ice...is that dangerous!

[bassman222]

Bring some shrubery from shore to mark the hole when yer done spearing.

[Iceboy]

I am really excited to sight fish and perhaps spear out of my new Fishtrap Guide. The Traplink door in the back will make exiting the Fishtrap much safer when I've got a big 3x3 hole cut in front of me.

[rscabin]

Hooliganz my hole is 80"x20" in a 4'x8' house

[rubber duck]

80"x20" Thats a big hole! What you wanna harpoon moby Dick!

[rscabin]

It’s an awesome site. It also helps to see more as the ice gets thicker as the season goes on.

[Hooliganz]

How many people are going to use the second line option? I think I will just in case that wally comes thru

[NELS-BELLS]

I use my Otter cabin. Its plenty dark enough. I cut about a 20" x 30" hole. Like someone else said, be careful when going in and out of the door. Maybe have the picks within reach.

Nels