Jan. 27—GRAND FORKS — Like so many good plans, it started with a few cold beverages and a discussion about fishing, Joel Holweger recalls. Holweger, of Grand Forks, says he and buddy Jamey Corbit were ...

DULUTH — In the dusky, dusty basement of his West Duluth home — don’t forget to duck going down the stairs — Ed Forrestal works his magic with plastic and metal, epoxy and paint. Forrestal is the ...

We weren’t on the water long before fishing guide “Big Ed” Franko pulled out his hand-painted fishing lures. He’s proud of them and probably should be. The plastic square bills, deep divers and jerk ...

A Mississippi teenager with a love of fishing combined that passion with his enjoyment of painting and the outcome was hand-painted fishing lures that are not only catching fish, they're catching ...

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SAN ANTONIO — SAN ANTONIO-- At Bob DuCote’s home, inside his garage, you can find he and his son Jared using their pastime of painting to create custom fishing lures. “About six years ago I was ...

We were facing a bumpy ride over waves kicked up by a northwest wind. We didn't know we'd get a unique show, as well. Ominous clouds danced along the shoreline. The type, someone said, that spawn ...

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. – Paul Clay is one of the few Peoria-area anglers who still sell their own custom-made fishing lures. His first creation was a piece of plastic worm with rubber bands tied here and ...

Lowriders have been obsessed with custom paint since the invention of bunny ear antennas and 14-inch Cragar wheels. If candies, flakes, and pearls were drugs, you could say that plenty of us have had ...

“There’s a fish on the red Naja!” Capt. Antonio Amaral screams from the bridge at the exact same moment a big blue marlin crashes the lure from the inside out. The attack leaves a gigantic hole in the ...