FRAZEE, Minn. -- John Jensen used to have time to fish. Now he's too busy carving them. A self-taught folk artist, Jensen has become a master of fish decoys. Handcarved with a knife and hand-painted ...

“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 ...

Peter Winch of Nisswa has been spear-fishing for three years. He bought three or four fishing decoys at a sporting store and off he went. Now Winch can make his own decoys. The Brainerd High School ...