Spearing no longer has a specific opening date in North Dakota, so you can start spearing whenever you can find safe ice on which to set up a darkhouse. Last year, 60% of the respondents to a Game and ...

On the afternoon of the last day of the year, I trudged across the lake and made a sizable hole in the ice. My goal: to attract just one northern pike good enough to throw the spear. It was a second ...

We are a hearty bunch. When temperatures drop and the ice begins to form, it doesn’t signal the end to spending time hunting and fishing. It’s just a transition. One of those transitions taking place ...

COHASSET -- Mike Best of Deer River calls it the fish that got him "addicted" to spearing northern pike. And he didn't even spear it himself. He was just a kid. "My dad speared a 20-pound, 9-ounce ...

Then there’s the spearfishing itself. Cutting ice holes, sitting in silence, watching and waiting patiently for a pike to appear. It takes focus, calm and a whole lot of stillness. Darkhouse ...

We are a hearty bunch. When temperatures drop and the ice begins to form, it doesn’t signal the end to spending time hunting and fishing. It’s just a transition. One of those transitions taking place ...

Jan. 20—NEW LONDON — Modern wheelhouses, electronics and even social media have brought dramatic changes to ice fishing, but the sport of spearing fish through the ice has largely remained immune to ...

I am often amazed at the raw pure connection to the outdoors enjoyed by many of my friends and co-workers. When the temperature drops and the ice begins to form, it doesn’t signal the end to spending ...

Darkhouse spearing has been around for a long time and is a unique way to harvest northern pike in the winter. Decoys, which ...

Spearing has seen its challenges over the decades. At one time, some angling groups lobbied to abolish spearing, but the sport remained legal. While thousands of people have ice-fished, many never ...