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,