NEAR GRAND RAPIDS -- Paul Nelson stopped in the snowy woods and looked around. "This is where we usually get lost," he said. Nelson and his partner, Liv Mostad-Jensen, both of Grand Rapids, were ...

Anglers and dark-house spearers on Mille Lacs Lake this winter will have northern pike regulations that continue to allow plentiful harvest of smaller pike from the lake, while continuing to protect ...

MINNEAPOLIS - The return of northern pike spearing to Mille Lacs Lake for the first time in 32 years is generating a buzz among long-time spearers. It's also brought hope for resort owners whose ...

Mille Lacs Lake’s dark house northern pike spearing season ends at sunset on Sunday, Feb. 22, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said. “There’s been some confusion because an extended ice ...

Getting to this point had taken some heavy lifting, but now we were sitting in the dark and staring into a large hole carved through 3 feet of ice. It provided a window into another world. Only the ...

It's almost December, and if there's a transition time for outdoor activities, this is it. I felt it the last week of deer season as rain turned to snow, and the wind blew out the extended fall and ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Mike Rybak remembers when the 20-pound northern pike swam into his spearing hole a few years ago. He was so impressed that he just gawked at the fish for a few seconds. "I thought, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The return of northern pike spearing to Mille Lacs Lake for the first time in 32 years is generating a buzz among long-time spearers — and hope for resort owners whose fortunes long have ...

The fishing community in 2001 marked the opening of managed spearing in 30 North Dakota waters. Whether you agree or disagree with spearing, the North Dakota Legislature directed the state Game and ...