Winter on the Ice
Winter on the Ice
Al O’Brien, left, and Jim Barbian pose with a northern pike on the Mississippi River near Prairie Du Chien. Mark Walters photo MARK WALTERS
COLUMNIST
This past week, I fished and winter camped on backwaters of the Mississippi River near Prairie Du Chien. My good buddy Gary Howe, former longterm owner (I think four generations) of The Courier Press and a few other papers,