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 ...

NEENAH, Wis. (WLUK) --A Neenah man is working to keep a family tradition alive ahead of the Sturgeon spearing season. His face lights up when he sees his kids hold up their own sturgeon decoys. His ...

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 ...

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 ...

OSHKOSH – Adam Derksen has been arguably fortunate in his brief time sturgeon spearing. Derksen, who lives in Rosendale, said he knew a lot of people who participated in the pastime, unique to just a ...

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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 ...

DULUTH — 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 ...