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 ...

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 ...

Darkhouse spearing has a long history in Minnesota that seems to have been rejuvenated this winter with Mille Lacs Lake once again open to northern pike spearing. This winter is the first time ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST FARGO – Have you ever been darkhouse spearfishing for pike? It’s relatively new, compared with most outdoor recreation in North Dakota, having started a mere 25 years ago, but for those who have ...

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 ...