01-20-2009, 01:50 PM
01-22-2009, 12:35 PM
rent a fish house, and dive. Drive your vehicle out on the ice and leave it running, and dive. You gotta want it ;D or go with one of the local dive shops on their outings...
01-22-2009, 05:17 PM
Ask around about renting a "Dark House Spearing Shelter!!!!" That should have a big enough hole to dive through!
01-23-2009, 08:47 AM
most of the spear holes aren't really big enough to be dive holes (although I have been tempted to try it) they are big enough the long way, but not quite wide enough to accommodate a torso and tank width combo, or shoulder width (unless you've got a diminuitive diver!)
01-23-2009, 01:45 PM
I will try to remember that next time my dive buddy (Tim Thomas) stomps on my head as a means to get by body and equipment through the spear hole.
I was helping Tim conduct an ice diving class on Square Lake back in January of 2004 when a nearby fisherman came over and inquired about retrieving his glasses that had fallen through his spear hole. The next morning we came out prior to the class, I put the gear on, tied the line to my harness and in the hole I went. Tim then lowered my gear into the hole where I proceeded to put it on, and yes, I had to drop below the ice on occassions to put the gear on.
So you obviously can dive from a spear house, but why in the "h e double hockey sticks" would you want to unless you had too?
I was helping Tim conduct an ice diving class on Square Lake back in January of 2004 when a nearby fisherman came over and inquired about retrieving his glasses that had fallen through his spear hole. The next morning we came out prior to the class, I put the gear on, tied the line to my harness and in the hole I went. Tim then lowered my gear into the hole where I proceeded to put it on, and yes, I had to drop below the ice on occassions to put the gear on.
So you obviously can dive from a spear house, but why in the "h e double hockey sticks" would you want to unless you had too?
01-23-2009, 06:03 PM
Next option....Build your own!
Or go out to Mystic Lake Casino and win that awesome Ice House they are giving away...Then customize it! >
Or go out to Mystic Lake Casino and win that awesome Ice House they are giving away...Then customize it! >
01-23-2009, 09:45 PM
This is what I plan to do with the crank down fish house that I am in the process of building. I plan on having a hole in the middle of it large enough to dive out of. I plan on making a ladder that would go from the ceiling down under the ice for easy in and out, or make a bracket in the floor for the ladder. Either way, you will be able to remove the ladder when you are done. Nice warm house to come into when done with a dive, change, and maybe fish a little too. I can't wait.