Richard Rotzien has been catching fish since the age of 12. As a freelance portrait artist, the 55-year-old from Fargo also knows a thing or two about painting. Rotzien recently combined his two ...

A jeweler demonstrates his work as well as a father and son who carves ice fishing lures. Adam Wegman, owner/operator of W Designs and Stone House Jewelers of the Pequot Lakes area demonstrates his ...

CROSSLAKE, Minn. – Once Kirk Schnitker settled into his fish house on Cross Lake, he opened a large, multilayered toolbox that contained dozens of hand-carved fish decoys, including some that looked ...

“Well, I have enough white in my beard,” said the otherwise diminutive Wilkinson, 68, laughing. “I have been fishing since I was a little boy, it’s been a love all my life. “And I have a passion for ...

Colorful fishing lures seem to be baiting the hooks of collectors. The bright eyes and colors add to the appeal, as does the sentimental value that many collectors can connect to their pastime of ...

Don Dubin held up one of his carvings for viewing. The smallmouth bass seemed ready to pounce on a crayfish glancing up from a bed of rocks. The realistic scene was frozen in the moment, a ...