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 ...

SYLVAN LAKE, MI -- Bob Batchik has long been hooked on fish and fishing: bluegills, trout, bass, pike and perch. He isn’t fussy. He likes them all - particularly if he has a carving knife in hand. An ...

LENA – Dave Sprout has been fashioning fish from wood for less than a decade, but his most recent creation was judged to be among the best. In the world. Sprout’s brown trout won third place in the ...

SAGINAW, MI — Dave Arndt of Saginaw Township spent the winter in his basement, grinding, carving and painting. Out of a block of tupelo wood, Arndt carved the S-shape form of a trout, reeds and ...

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A wood carving, spawned in Carlisle, is permanently on display at a northwestern Ontario museum.

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