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Darkhouse spearing series

by Les Kouba

Three prints about spearing northern pike from a dark fish house on the ice: Darkhouse Spearing, Darkhouse Action and Darkhouse Finale. The “Spearing Legacy” of sellers’ listings is an open-edition reprint of the first.123

Darkhouse Spearing, the first, shows the inside of a spear-fishing house: the fisherman looks down through the hole in the ice as a northern pike comes to the lure. In Darkhouse Action a giant pike moves in on the decoy. In Darkhouse Finale, published in 1994, the fisherman pulls his sled home with the pike and his spear.14235

Two more sheets go with them. The Darkhouse Trilogy is an open-edition print with all three pictures on one vertical sheet. Darkhouse Heritage is a separate picture that explains the series and the tools of spearing.67

Winter Fishing Memories is related: a dealer says it uses the same setting as Darkhouse Finale.8

What they sell for

Recent eBay sold listings for Les Kouba Darkhouse spearing prints ranged from $17 to $70, with a median of $70 (4 sold listings, collected 13 November 2026).

Low
$17
Median
$70
High
$70

All Les Kouba listings, for comparison: 46 sold, $8 to $1,950, median $55.

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Example prints

TitleYearEditionSize
Darkhouse Spearing4not stated3,000 signed and numbered4Image 16 × 21¼ in4
Darkhouse Action2not stated5,000 signed and numbered2Image 16¼ × 21½ in in the dealer’s table; its text says 16 × 23½ in2
Darkhouse Finale35199455,000 signed and numbered35Image 16 × 21¼ in5
Darkhouse Spearing Legacy41not statedOpen edition4117 × 22 in; also 12 × 8 in41
Darkhouse Trilogy6not statedOpen edition6not stated

A sample of prints in this theme with facts we could source, not a full list.

How to identify these prints

“Spearing Legacy” is not a fourth picture. It is the Legacy reprint of Darkhouse Spearing: an open edition with no number, sold on paper in two sizes and on canvas.14

A numbered copy belongs to one of the limited editions: 3,000 for Darkhouse Spearing and 5,000 each for Action and Finale. A dealer describes Finale as signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.425

Darkhouse Action and Darkhouse Finale are also sold as open-edition giclées on canvas, 15 × 20 inches, and Finale in a signed artist’s proof edition.23

[release years of *Darkhouse Spearing* and *Darkhouse Action* not confirmed]

Les Kouba prints in general

Dealers describe his limited editions as signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.59

Look for the thirteen. Kouba said he made a point of putting thirteen of something into each picture, and dealers point it out: thirteen fish houses in Winter Fishing Memories, thirteen pheasants in the Shelter pictures. His signature includes a small duck drawn in three strokes.101112

The same picture often exists in several forms. A dealer lists Darkhouse Spearing as a signed and numbered edition of 3,000 and as an open-edition Legacy print with no number. Legacy prints are reprints in an open edition, and some small open-edition prints are signed.4813

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On eBay now

See Les Kouba Darkhouse spearing prints in eBay’s Art category. Auctions are listed ending soonest first; many sellers also take a Best Offer.

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Sources

  1. Les Kouba Darkhouse Spearing Legacy - WildlifePrints.com. WildlifePrints.com (Annandale, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  2. Darkhouse Action By Les Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  3. Darkhouse Finale By Les Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  4. Darkhouse Spearing By Les Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  5. DARKHOUSE FINALE by Les Kouba - Alliance Art Publishing. Alliance Art Publishing (Cable, WI). Read 13 November 2026.
  6. Darkhouse Spearing Trilogy By Les Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  7. Darkhouse Fishing Heritage By Les Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  8. Les Kouba Winter Fishing Memories - WildlifePrints.com. WildlifePrints.com (Annandale, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  9. First Snow - American Elk By Les Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  10. About Les Kouba | Les Kouba Outdoors. Les Kouba Outdoors. Read 13 November 2026.
  11. Winter Fishing Memories - Ice Fishing By Les C. Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  12. Headin' For Shelter - Pheasants By Les C Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.
  13. Daybreak On The Marshes - Duck Hunters By Les Kouba. Art Barbarians (Rogers, MN). Read 13 November 2026.