how big/small is to big/small for a spear hole????

[Dorkfish]

just thought i'd ask what others have for their darkhouses. i was talking to a guy out on the lake near my house and he has a smaller hole and was asking me about it i replied that the size hole he had (20ish x 28ish) was a relatively good size hole. since acquiring myself a quickfish i have jsut been cutting a random hole size every time and not even thinking if it were too big or not. i want to put a floor in it with a spear hole but dont know if i should go 4ft by 4ft or if that would be way too big

thoughts and opinions please

[MJ1657]

I don't think there is alot of advantage to having a hole much ever 30" deep. The wider the better though in my opinion.

I make mine 48" wide and two people can comfortably sit next to each other and spear.

[bassNspear]

Mines 50x30

[LunkerCity]

Mine is around 46X30. Any deeper is not needed. I know one thing, I couldn't stand looking down a 20X30 hole since my fish are longer than that!!!

[merkman]

I don't think there is alot of advantage to having a hole much ever 30" deep. The wider the better though in my opinion.

+1

The only time I have seen a hole too wide is when I cut the hole in the ice, pull my shack over it and it is 3 inches wider than my shack...

I know people who have 8 foot by 30 inch holes.

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[efgh]

When you get older, those spear holes will get smaller, mine is down to 20 by 28 , approx. size.

[mrklean]

I have a 42x30 in my portable seems like a good size I was talking to a guy the other day and looked in his house hole must have been a 42x42 he hand to stand up and reach to move his decoys