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 ...

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 ...

After sawing a wide rectangle into the ice, a person holds a fish spear at the ready while looking through the water, past a small decoy meant to lure northern pike into range. A well-placed throw ...

Dark-house spearing of northern pike will be allowed at Mille Lacs Lake for the first time since the winter of 1982-83, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Anglers and spearers ...

Spearing northern pike is a privilege that "Duffy" Dufner of Grand Rapids and a lot of others fought hard to defend. Dufner is a past president of the Itasca County Darkhouse and Winter Angling ...

Rob Kimm grew up spearing pike on lakes around Pelican Rapids in northwestern Minnesota, but these days, he's not exactly flavor of the month among the darkhouse spearing crowd. Tyler Brasel, Waskish, ...

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 ...

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 ...