Jack E. Spearing taught music for 42 years in Carroll County, Md., and Middletown Area school districts. "As a first-grader Jack was my first introduction to music. He was my music teacher and band ...

The decoy, made to imitate a tullibee, swims in lazy circles as Paul Nelson lifts and drops the line that suspends it in his spearing hole. Sunlight that penetrates the snow and 18 inches of ice on ...

With early ice forming across the state, darkhouse spearing for northern pike got an early start this season. At Mille Lacs Lake, it's been amazingly popular, especially since the lake hasn't been ...