They include fish rocking chairs and a glass-topped table with a massive carved wooden earthworm base, and benches and chairs to match. Wood carving began as a hobby for Batchik, during the years ...

When most people see a cedar fence post or an old, broken cedar limb on the ground, Dave Kober sees a trout; or a perch; or maybe, a bluegill. Kober carves fish ... has been carving decoys since ...

Garn carves wooden replica mounts of fish — northern pike, bluegill ... to refine his fish-carving skills. “I want people to say, ‘Wow, I can’t believe that’s wood.’ ...

it will be dwarfed by the every-other-year World Taxidermy & Fish Carving Championship. That opens Tuesday and runs through Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. Mike Nakielski’s wood duck earned ...