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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- In the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," fishing is a big deal. And in some circles, so is fishing folk art. Not many people know that collecting spear fishing decoys is an actual thing.

SCOTT COUNTY, Minn. (WCCO) --Brian Shallbetter doesn't consider spearfishing an escape from reality, but rather a dive into it. "It's a neat, underwater world to watch," the Scott County man said.

“Hard to tell this thing from a real crappie,” said my friend Dan Scherer, as we passed around the glistening decoy. “Except for we can’t clean and fry it.” In my hands, the crappie was solid, but its ...

LIDGERWOOD, N.D. -- A North Dakota couple is frantically trying to fill the Christmas orders from hundreds who are dreaming of fish. A few years ago, the two left careers in law enforcement, picked up ...

Ice fishing decoys boast one of the oldest pedigrees of contemporary collectibles. And, compared with its more widely collected cousin, the duck decoy, the fish decoy market still has room to grow, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Carved, wooden ice fishing decoy in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Carved wooden ice fishing decoy in ...

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