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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Mar 28, 2026
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Red loves riding on the ATV.

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Try putting a rosey-red on with a shiner in the future when tip-up fishing; it works.

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Mark Walters shows two northern pike he caught while tip-up fishing on Spring Lake.

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Mark Walters For Agri-View

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Mark Walters lives near Necedah, Wisconsin. An outdoor-adventures writer since 1989, he enjoys hobby farming, adventure and anything outdoors. "If I wasn't earning a living as a writer I would want to be a beef farmer," he says. Email sunsetoutdoors@tds.net to reach him.