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 ...

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 ...

Jake Bakken from Laporte was selling multiple styles of decoys. Some were realistic, others were made of multiple layers of ...

DULUTH, Minn. — 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 ...

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 ...

Small wooden stick with wire wrapped around the tapered end and a fishing leader attached to the wire with a string attached to the leader. This was made by the donor's father, Lewis Dixon. The stick ...

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