“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 ...

Bluegills, crappies and different subspecies of trout glide around pieces of driftwood, mouths gaping open, their eyes unwavering and scales glistening. No, they aren’t real, nor are they mounted ...

Eric Wallace, 22, of Maple Grove loves making decoys so much he's put a pause on his college education to see if he can make a living doing it. These decoys are used in "darkhouse angling" to attract ...