While there are many ways to fish throughout the country and Wisconsin, chances are, most people have heard of the lure manufacturer Mepps. Mepps has been and is still now a fishing lure manufacturer ...

As snow flurries quietly danced from overcast skies on a cold Saturday morning, the sharp rapport of a Marlin .22-caliber rifle pierced the eerie January silence. Joining the snow in its downward ...

Arkansas’ squirrel season runs through Feb. 28, and the world-famous Mepps Lure Co. reminds hunters they can make money by saving and selling the tails of the squirrels they kill to eat. The tails can ...

My wife and I awoke at 2 a.m. on Tuesday to leave ample time for our 6 a.m. departure from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. After conducting my one and only fishing trip for the week on ...

Tim Retell is a big fan of Mepps lures. “First, and foremost, they are the best in the industry with excellent quality in the craftsmanship,” Retell said. “Durability and selection is extraordinary.” ...

ANTIGO – Mepps makes about 8,000 spinning-lure combinations at its 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, but if you buy one of its storied spinners with hooks dressed in squirrel-tail, you can ...

On a hot day in August two years ago, I was throwing everything I had in my tackle box to what I thought was a nice fishy looking area on Cook Pond. It was the perfect setup except for the air temp.

Thank God they flick their tails. I’d been hearing one bark for five minutes, but it’s only that ­visual cue that reveals the rodent, flattened and frozen against a hickory 30 yards away. I brace the ...

If you want to make money by hunting, you have a couple of choices. One -- get yourself a TV hunting show. Two -- shoot a bunch of squirrels and send them to the Mepps fishing lure company in Antigo, ...

As I have detailed in this column over the past two weeks, my wife and I recently spent a week out of state on a business trip to Wisconsin. Along the way we visited with the good people at both the ...