Winter's here.

Four inches of good ice today, but snow in the forecast, so the lake will probably flood.  I'll leave the dark house on shore for a few more days.  Nov 24th

FROST ON THE WINDOW

  

10 1/4 " Totem # 76 (ALASKA SPECIAL) SOLD

2019 Lake of the Woods Special

sold on Ebay 

sold

Totems on the horizen

  7 " Totem  decoy sold recently on Ebay.

7 " Totem 

Totem # 75 - Totem with Northerns:

It's been about a year since I had

 a traditional 10 " numbered totem on the work bench.  

This one was promised to a collector who requested number 75 specifically.  He  had to wait a few years before I felt inspired

 to get to  it. 

Traditional 10" Totem,  # 75

New Jay McEvers # 74 Totem Fish Decoy

The Only Totems I've numbered over the years are the 10 inch original shaped Totems. After 20 years I'm now up to number 74. It's been over a year since the last one came off the bench, so as you might imagine, I'm slowing down pretty serious Folks ! I've been in a Montana mood the last month or so with a couple one of a kind Totem Specials sold-" See Below". Billy the kid makes an appearance on this one. Looks like someones got the drop on him ! Good luck Billy!  Glass eyes, copper stone ground fins and stamped "J-74" on the lead.    Sold

Tough Day on the Prairie "One of a kind Tail Dragger." Six inches long with all designs burn outlined and hand brush painted. Gold Fleck over Red. Featured are Big Buff, and Chief Many Arrow. Glass eyes, copper fins and stamped "J" on the lead.    Sold !

Latest of the new series Totem Decoys  "Wild Montana" The new series will be one of a kind Totems, a few under the same theme name. They will no longer be offered on Ebay.  This 7-1/2 inch totem has glass eyes, copper fins and all designs are burn outlined and  mirrored from side to side. Also it's a first for a McEvers Totem with  a copper colored background and  a copper bar line tie. Totally hand brush painted. It also has a wood plug covering the lead and the title burned onto the plug. These Totems are in the finest collections from coast to coast and only a few are created each year.


                                                 

Offered 5-25-19  Sold

                                        New Series Totem     SOLD  5-19-2019

My daughter from NC sent me a picture of one of my decoys. 

 She said a dog fish got a hold of it.   

Fish House Removal

The spear fishing season is over,  and Minnesota fishing regulations require permanent fish houses to be off the lakes by March 4.  

It was a  good year for ice fishing! 
 2018-2019

Okay, what can go wrong 

moving the fish house off the lake?  

Every year is different on the ice,

 and this year,  the snow is  neck deep 
to a tall Norwegian!

This fish house is off of the lake,  

but  there's  still a few out there

 with 3 feet of snow to plow through.  

There wasn't  much snow on the ice
back in November 
when the season began.