Darkhouse Spearing Photos Gallery

[MJ1657]

My shack

[arcticpond]

Mj what did you use on your corners,as my house is in need of some but I don't know what to use.

[MJ1657]

Mj what did you use on your corners,as my house is in need of some but I don't know what to use.

Aluminum. I can't remember what size but I got them at the save big money store. They were barely wide enough to cover so I drilled holes close to the edge and angled the screws in. It turned out real good.

I used the strips that you buy with rubber roofing across the top edges.

[Gordie]

Love the Shack MJ, where did you get the pike silhouette from? It just happens to be the same one that I had on my 6X8 wheel house... Very cool

[MJ1657]

Love the Shack MJ, where did you get the pike silhouette from? It just happens to be the same one that I had on my 6X8 wheel house... Very cool

I traced some decoys and pike wall art I have on construction paper. I cut them out with an X-acto knife and taped them on the wall and used spray paint. Tracing and cutting the spear out was quite a bit of work but it was fun.

[MJ1657]

This is the pike I used for a pattern.

[Gordie]

I will try and dig up the photos of my old house I know I posted some pics on here several years ago.

[hillbilly...]

kinda slow in here....well I made it out today in -14 and brought an newbie

I had him clear the hole while I warmed up my finger tips and got the house out

I couldn't get my screws in the ice so I used my log chains to hold the house out workd pretty well and I brought 2 augers with because its 50miles back home.

holes way bigger then I thought it was roughly 48"x36" and the black thing I found on road on my turn to the lake not sure what it is but it helpd keep my feet of the ice and made the house a lot more darker. oh and after all this work I was way less water then I thought we were in 6 foot of water and that's to the top of the ice so id say maybe 4' from below the ice.

dropd the decoy down and it wasn't even to the bottom of the string yet and the newbie naild it didn't even have to let the spear go lol. 24" and couple pounds.

[hillbilly...]

then I got a bunch of fish pictures and some videos but cant get them to load on to photobucket?

I bought a buddy 2 decoys for his birthday and haven't given them to him yet so I thought id try them before id give them to him. first one is a yellow and orange Lakco plastic which swam horrible ( I thought). but fish came in.

I also picked up a minnow harness to try it for the first time since I had some spare suckers.

then his last fish came in hot and he naild it the fish was 29" and thick and was around 8lbs picture makes it look like a baby. and he stuck his 3 in 45min and we seen 3 others besides his 3.

then we went threw the decoys to see what they liked today and we stuck fish on 3 different decoys. this one not sure who made it but it was heavy

then this was a lakco wooden it was a little to light for me but swam ok

If you look real close in that corner is a 10lber that just came threw and and I was screwing around with a fishing pole and didn't get a shot and he sat there watching and never came back

only had 2 northerns that actually lookd at the sucker all the others naild the decoy.

he got his 3 and I only got one since I was picky on fish today and just wanted to get some video and pictures

these are the harnesse that I got that were huge on my suckers when I got home I pinched it shut so it was smaller and it was kinda plain do you guys put spinners or beads on yours.

[shamalex72]

Sounds like it was a great day. Nice pictures.

[hillbilly...]

these are the harnesse that I got that were huge on my suckers when I got home I pinched it shut so it was smaller and it was kinda plain do you guys put spinners or beads on yours.

[mrklean]

cool pics nice job

[Neighbor_guy]

I dress them up...

[Gordie]

great pics and looks like fun and the harness might be big on your suckers but that also might mean your suckers are to small don't be afraid to use a 12-14 inch sucker, but you would want to maybe add a little weight to him so they don't swim all over the place.

[hillbilly...]

I dress them up...

that is sharp lookin now how big of suckers do you guys normally use mine was just a little guy maybe 3" long. and I got about 6 of them in the fish tank in the house.

[Gordie]

Ask for a spearing decoy at the bait shop, I will use sucker as big as 15-16 inches but typically go about 12 -13 inches.

[Gordie]

You will be surprised at how many little pike will come in and check out those big decoys and it also gets the pike to slow down and check out the bait so you have a little time to get your spear ready.

[hillbilly...]

Ask for a spearing decoy at the bait shop, I will use sucker as big as 15-16 inches but typically go about 12 -13 inches.

WOW that's a big sucker.

[Dorkfish]

Most people get the huge 10" suckers or so and their harnesses have weights on the top (for a pin on) and the live harness have the weights on the bottom. I personally use the live harnesses and have had only one get off because my fingers were numb when I put it on and didn't have it tight enough

[MJ1657]

I use suckers on the 10" range. I like your comments about how they were coming in on different decoys including some that didn't swim good. When they are in the mood it doesn't matter what you throw down there. Those are the fun days.

You can buy weighted pins like Neighbor Guys. They won't be quite as fancy as his. I like them because they keep the bigger suckers in the hole.

[Gordie]

WOW that's a big sucker.

[hillbilly...]

well I got a late Christmas present today....

then I gota lead on a spear and made a run and well there was 3 and im hoping I got something good other wise I could have bought a new one.

then I ran outa money and couldn't by any decoys.. does anybody see any that are something that should go on the wall vs the water.

[jasonmichalski]

A few eaters from today!

[MJ1657]

Big girl that's still swimming.

[minky]

Great pictures, keep them coming!

[shamalex72]

A decent one from this morning.

[Jessie_H]

First one of the year, 30". Saw around 8 today but they were on the small side, glad I held out for this one.

[deerhunter]

39 3/4 16 pounds

[MJ1657]

Nice one Deerhunter!

[MJ1657]

Joe stuck two of them when we were standing outside the house having lunch.