The process for a single hand-carved decoy takes hours. Sketching in scales. Mitch Kezar. Schulze started carving more than 12 years ago, about the time his two kids left the family nest. Since then, ...

There`s nothin` fishy about carved and painted folksy fish decoys, which attract collectors like fish are attracted to bait, or in this case decoys. Hand-carved or factory-made decoys were used in … ...

CROSSLAKE, Minn. – Once Kirk Schnitker settled into his fish house on Cross Lake, he opened a large, multilayered toolbox that contained dozens of hand-carved fish decoys, including some that… ...

Above: Harper works on a fish carving in his studio on Monday in Sanford. Harper had been fascinated with three-dimensional art since he was young, but ventured into carving slowly, ...

CASTRO VALLEY — Today’s lesson: How to carve a lifelike wooden fish, in two simple steps. Step 1: Start with a sturdy block of clean, knot-free wood, such as a foot of 3-by-6-inch cedar. Step ...

The 15-inch long pike with glass eyes sold for $42,500, a world record for a fish decoy at auction, according to the auction firm Guyette & Deeter, Inc.