Duane Steinkopf's motivation for carving his own spearing decoys was hardly storybook stuff, far less romantic than good old-fashioned German frugality would allow. "I started because I wasn't going ...

When he was a kid, Dave Perkins and his friends speared northern pike on cold Minnesota days. Perkins made all of his own spearing decoys, the wooden fish designed to lure pike close enough for ...

The decoy, made to imitate a tullibee, swims in lazy circles as Paul Nelson lifts and drops the line that suspends it in his spearing hole. Sunlight that penetrates the snow and 18 inches of ice on ...

NEW LONDON -- Vern 'Bub' Coss hasn't changed a thing about the way he carves his decoys for spear fishing or waterfowl hunting, but every year it gets harder to get them to the water. "I make working ...

When he and Diane came back to Duluth, Perkins took to spearing on Caribou Lake. He started making decoys again. He might have seen them as pike bait, but his friends and acquaintances saw them as art ...

WILLMAR — Darkhouse spearing is celebrated as a tradition as much as a sport, and relies on technology that has remained unchanged for generations. To this world has come Tyler Templer. He brings the ...

PINE RIVER -- Spearing divides ice fishing enthusiasts into sharply opposing camps, but most would agree on one thing: John Oman makes some pretty cool decoys for the controversial sport. His ...

Brainerd High School students completed a near sweep of junior division awards at the 2017 World's Largest Fish Decoy Show held April 22-23 in Perham. Ribbons and certificates were awarded to the Top ...