MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 been tied to ...

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 ...

Dave Estrem witnessed firsthand the frenzy that occurred this winter when northern pike spearing was allowed on Lake Mille Lacs for the first time in 32 years. "The bays were just littered with ...

With early ice forming across the state, darkhouse spearing for northern pike got an early start this season. At Mille Lacs Lake, it's been amazingly popular, especially since the lake hasn't been ...

The door closes and a shroud of darkness covers the room while light pours in from below. A dozen years have passed, unintentionally, since the last time I positioned myself over a rectangular hole ...

I’ve always enjoyed my own little internal debates, like would I rather have a 12-ounce hamburger steak for a little less price than an 8-ounce ribeye? And the same concept applies to the outdoors.

Minnesota’s oldest form of fishing might be the hottest new trend. “Darkhouse angling” — the act of spearing a fish through a large hole in the ice — spiked in popularity this winter, surprising even ...

Minnesota's great spearfishing mystery has been solved. Fisheries managers, resort owners and even spearers themselves were shocked to see the sale of spearing licenses jump by 8,000, or a whopping 44 ...