Bobhouses break thru a winter morning lake fog.

Ice shanty
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ice shanty (also called a fishing shanty, fish house, bobhouse, or ice hut) is a portable shed placed on a frozen lake
to provide shelter during ice fishing. They can be as small and cheap as a plastic tarp draped over a frame of two-by-fours,
or as expensive as a small cabin with heat, bunks, electricity and cooking facilities.

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

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

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