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 ...

WEST FARGO – Have you ever been darkhouse spearfishing for pike? It’s relatively new, compared with most outdoor recreation in North Dakota, having started a mere 25 years ago, but for those who have ...

RAND RAPIDS -- It's 13 below zero outside. The ice on this lake north of Grand Rapids is expanding with metallic ricochets. The sound is like someone flapping huge sheets of aluminum. But in his ...

LIDGERWOOD, N.D. - Rick Whittier's business keeps him so busy making fish, he barely has time to catch them anymore. "We even got a brand new spear this year, and we never even got to use it," he said ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPICER -- There will be an organizational meeting of a proposed chapter of the Minnesota Darkhouse and Angling Association at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Spicer American Legion Duey Johnston, a fish ...

Dec. 16—BISMARCK — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department requires darkhouse spearing participants to possess a valid fishing license (age 16 and older) and first register on the Game and Fish ...

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 ...