After sawing a wide rectangle into the ice, a person holds a fish spear at the ready while looking through the water, past a small decoy meant to lure northern pike into range. A well-placed throw ...

“Angling is a much more popular sport. Darkhouse spearing, there’s a niche group of people that do it,” Guertin said. “You can spear whitefish and some other species, but the main species ...

Under the new law a person may not take fish by angling or use tip-ups while spearing fish in a dark house, except that a person may take fish by angling if only one angling line is in use and any ...