Mike Jackson
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Fishing's magic hour well worth waiting forAug 13, 2014 10:04 am - Golfers like to rave about finding the sweet spot on their favorite club. Sports car drivers use almost the same phrasing when describing how their finely tuned machine ...
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Wisconsin officials expand motorized trollingAug 07, 2014 10:05 am - When the following news reached my desk, I thought I was dreaming. And that's because this change of heart by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials represe...
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Crossing the lake, and crossing off another bucket list itemAug 07, 2014 10:04 am - BOYNE MOUNTAIN, Mich. - The weight of my bucket list is getting lighter. I finally made it to the far northern reaches of this state's lower peninsula after years of pro...
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Industrious anglers will find fly rod rewardsJul 31, 2014 10:04 am - My eyes almost fell out of my head when I saw the water explode in front of me. I had flipped a small surface popper on the end of a fly line. It wasn't more than three ...
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Mayfly madness on the upper MississippiJul 30, 2014 10:04 am - There are some areas in the upper and lower Midwest where the hatches of large mayflies is to fly fishermen what a filet mignon is to steak connoisseurs. Mayfly hatches ...
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This walleye technique is just plane effectiveJul 23, 2014 10:04 am - I cannot dispute the fact that the tactic works well for a number of anglers. In fact, I tip my hat to the fishermen who stop at their banks on their way home to cash or...
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Summer fishing means battling the weedsJul 23, 2014 10:04 am - Some of the area ponds and even lakes have been suffering from an overgrowth of algae and heavy weeds. But some anglers have been able to score when working the open poc...
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Wading's evolution has been worth the waitJul 16, 2014 10:04 am - I vividly recall buying my first pair of hip boots at an Army surplus store in Elkhart, Ind. Because extra cash was at a minimum almost 50 years ago, I was concerned abo...
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Surviving the outdoor bites of the seasonJul 09, 2014 10:05 am - Like so many others in the Northwest suburbs, we who have trudged through the jungles of the world and cityscapes, and wound up as the main course for flying bugs, I for...
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Watch what you eat, but enjoy the urban fisheryJul 02, 2014 10:04 am - My late father was cut from old-school fabric. He called it how he saw it. And what he saw when he looked at the Chicago River spawned comments I dare not publish here. ...