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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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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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 ...