Wirth, Rick – Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Rick Wirth is from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. He offers his decoys as RW Decoys. Rick Wirth Sauer Lake Lane Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 wirthrick@hotmail.com
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Wise, Terrie – Brainerd, Minnesota
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”494″] Terrie Wise hails from Brainerd, Minnesota. He is a spearfisherman and decoy carver that creates beautiful and high quality fish with excellent eye appeal and working abilities. Terrie is …
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Wingo, George – Tonganoxie, Kansas
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”492″] George Wingo is 41 years old(2006) and works as an electrician in Effingham, Kansas. George not only makes decoys, but he also makes fishing lures. He loves to fish …
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Winnie, Albert “Bert” – Traverse City, Michigan
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”493″] Winnie was from Traverse City, Michigan. Albert ” Bert” Winnie, c. 1905 Photo courtesy of Gary Miller, Michigan If you have this magazine – it contains an article on …
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Williams, Bevy – Virginia Beach, Virginia
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”488″] Virginia Beach, Virginia Bevy was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and lived in a number of New England states for the first 25 years of her life. From her …
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Willis, Ross J. III – Boon, Michigan
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”489″] Ross Willis III was born in 1950 and is from Boon, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Mike Hale – Cadillac, Michigan Ross told me how he got started in decoy …
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Wicks, Margie & Jim – Elk Rapids, McMillon, U.P. Michigan
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”485″] Speared in 2004 a 38″ – 15+ lbs Northern Pike on South Manistique Lake located near Curtis Michigan. Forrest James Wick was born in Sept of 1932 in Elk …
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Wilkens, Mark – Plato, MN
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”486″] Mark Wilkens of Plato, MN won First Place Spear at the Gathering 2004. He also does a fine Ice Saw. Marks main interest is in making high-quality hand-crafted ice …
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Williams, AL – Cadillac, Michigan
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”487″] Al Williams of Cadillac, Michigan has been making decoys for 30 or 40 years and they are folksy in appearance and sought after by spearers because they work. He …
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Weets, Tom – Frazee, Minnesota
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”481″] Tom Weets is from Frazee, Minnesota and is a former student of John Jensen’s apprenticeship program. I was informed by Tom’s daughter that he also carves rainbow trouts and …
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