Bob House

KBoater · 02-12-2005, 01:13 PM

Last night I was at a party with a group from the mid west. They had never heard of a BOB House. This is from Minnesota and Michigan folks and call it a "fish house". So, is Bob House a NH, or New England name? Where did the name come from? I know that is what I always called them

upthesaukee · 02-12-2005, 10:48 PM

When I first saw your post, I thought "that's what happens when you don't get the shack off the ice in time...it becomes a bob house". So I searched google for "bobhouse" and got the following on answers.com :

bobhouse
A bobhouse or ice shanty is a small, portable shed placed on a frozen lake to provide shelter during ice fishing. They can be as cheap as a plastic tarp draped over a frame of two-by-fours, or as expensive as a small RV or recreational vehicle.

In northern climates, bobhouses are the center of a large, often humorous, folklore. Fishermen often decorate their bobhouses in humorous ways (toilets are a popular joke addition), while others studiously work on ways to make their bobhouses more comfortable and efficient. Much of the folklore involves the inherent danger of erecting a structure atop a frozen pond. In New England, the saying goes that every pond and lake has at least one bobhouse on the bottom (at least one snowmobile, too).

Many northern communities have developed bodies of laws about the operation of bobhouses - frequently including dates by which they must be removed, even if the ice can still hold them.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bobhouse".

The wikipedia article didn't give any further info., but I thought the line about at least one on the bottom was kinda neat!

KBoater · 02-14-2005, 03:35 PM

Thanks upthesaukee.
Your info. helped me prove that it in fact is a real name. I emailed it on to my disbelieving friends.
I thought that maybe it was named after the "bob" used at the end of a fishing line.

02-12-2005, 01:13 PM	#1
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Bob House Last night I was at a party with a group from the mid west. They had never heard of a BOB House. This is from Minnesota and Michigan folks and call it a "fish house". So, is Bob House a NH, or New England name? Where did the name come from? I know that is what I always called them

02-12-2005, 10:48 PM	#2
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,597 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,455 Thanked 1,979 Times in 1,080 Posts	When I first saw your post, I thought "that's what happens when you don't get the shack off the ice in time...it becomes a bob house". So I searched google for "bobhouse" and got the following on answers.com : bobhouse A bobhouse* or ice shanty is a small, portable shed placed on a frozen lake to provide shelter during* ice fishing. They can be as cheap as a plastic tarp draped over a frame of two-by-fours, or as expensive as a small RV or recreational vehicle. In northern climates, bobhouses are the center of a large, often humorous, folklore. Fishermen often decorate their bobhouses in humorous ways (toilets are a popular joke addition), while others studiously work on ways to make their bobhouses more comfortable and efficient. Much of the folklore involves the inherent danger of erecting a structure atop a frozen pond. In New England, the saying goes that every pond and lake has at least one bobhouse on the bottom (at least one snowmobile, too). Many northern communities have developed bodies of laws about the operation of bobhouses - frequently including dates by which they must be removed, even if the ice can still hold them. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bobhouse". The wikipedia article didn't give any further info., but I thought the line about at least one on the bottom was kinda neat! __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

02-14-2005, 03:35 PM	#3
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Thanks Thanks upthesaukee. Your info. helped me prove that it in fact is a real name. I emailed it on to my disbelieving friends. I thought that maybe it was named after the "bob" used at the end of a fishing line.