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 ...

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 ...

Now, at 73, Perkins is still carving and painting decoys, but few of them see the inside of a spearing shack. His decoys, sold in galleries and antiques shops from coast to coast, are considered folk ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s never too late to start a new hobby. In Brian Shallbetter’s case, he started two around the age of 50. In 2008, he brought a flat, inexpensive spear out to Pelican Lake by Monticello, dropped ...

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 ...

This weekend is your opportunity to take your kids fishing anywhere in Minnesota, for free! No license is required, thanks to the DNR. With cold temps in the forecast, another popular angling sport ...