The little red boat hadn’t seen water in three years before last weekend. Not since that Saturday afternoon the 15-horse outboard that powered it decided to conk out. Braden Durick was with me that ...

When Rick Brouwer finishes an art project, sometimes he tosses it into the lake. Each custom-painted fishing lure he creates is a functional work of hand-crafted art. They're beautiful to look at, but ...

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 talking ...

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 ...

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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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 ...

As a youngster, Jared DuCote spent a lot of time drawing and painting at his father’s sign shop. He eventually developed a knack for finely detailed portraits that almost look like photographs. In ...

These dedicated lure makers are keeping the longstanding tradition of balsa crankbaits alive for American fishermen.

One lucky member of the POL Outdoor Club will win a great collection of custom painted fishing Lures By Hand.