The Jim Scott Fishhouse is a historic building in Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States, built in 1907 by a family-owned commercial fishing outfit.

[3] The building was comparable in size to other fishhouses in the region, but the wood shingled exterior walls of the main section add a decorative flair lacking in similar structures, which were usually sided with plain boards.

[4] However transportation to market was an issue until the mid-1880s, when regular steamboat service to Duluth and rail distribution to Minneapolis–Saint Paul were firmly established, allowing the North Shore fishing industry to achieve commercial significance.

[4] Shortly after the completion of his fishhouse, Jim Scott entered into a business partnership with Eugene Clark and permitted the unmarried man to live in a loft above the workspace.

On a typical day they were out of the harbor by 5 a.m., motoring four hours to cover 35 miles (56 km) to a location near Outer Island where lake trout were abundant.

[4] In the mid-1930s Jim and Roger Scott built a new boat for themselves, a 35-foot (11 m) fishing tug that could handle their long trips out on the lake and also serve as a workboat in the harbor.

He helped found a fisherman's cooperative, a trucking company for fish and freight, and a congregational church, plus served as president of the local bank from 1920 to his death in 1947.

[4] The Great Lakes commercial fishery nearly collapsed as well, depleted by years of overfishing and the accidental introduction of the parasitic sea lamprey, but the industry survived by shifting to herring and smelt.